I saw on Sky Sport DE that the International Match Calendar from next year is changing, where they are merging the September and October windows, so they run longer and for four matches instead of two. The March, June and November windows are staying as two.
Thinking of the implications for home games, it could become a bit harder, as it might be difficult to bring multiple teams down and playing the same team four times seems unlikely. There would be the possibility of doing two games more spaced out, allowing greater training time, but NZF may want to maximise the number of games available. Obviously start of a new World Cup cycle so top-level opposition not as important, and would be first post-World Cup window as a 'welcome home', similar to Honduras/Paraguay in 2010.
It could mean trying to work with Australia to bring a couple teams down to play - ie we play Team A twice and Aus play Team B twice then we swap? Four team mini-comp where everyone plays each other, then a final, like that one in India in 2018?
Thinking of the implications for home games, it could become a bit harder, as it might be difficult to bring multiple teams down and playing the same team four times seems unlikely. There would be the possibility of doing two games more spaced out, allowing greater training time, but NZF may want to maximise the number of games available. Obviously start of a new World Cup cycle so top-level opposition not as important, and would be first post-World Cup window as a 'welcome home', similar to Honduras/Paraguay in 2010.
It could mean trying to work with Australia to bring a couple teams down to play - ie we play Team A twice and Aus play Team B twice then we swap? Four team mini-comp where everyone plays each other, then a final, like that one in India in 2018?