ANZAC Day next year is a Saturday with Monday the 27th April a holiday.
With the 2026 ALM Grand Final to be 22nd – 24th May, that ANZAC day weekend will be the last weekend of the regular season. Will be 3 weekends in May between those 2 above weekends, for one off elimination finals and two legged semis.
New ChCh Stadium is scheduled to be completed mid April 2026. So the Nix maybe keen to take their final regular season match to ChCh that ANZAC Day weekend. Say play the Sunday, giving non Cantabs a chance to journey there Saturday and leave Monday making a weekend of it in the Garden City. Would make for a bumper crowd.
That's given that the ROF has already been booked by the Warriors that weekend.
Potential spanner that I read Super Rugby may try schedule a Super Round (all the SR teams) at the new Te Kaha stadium ANZAC weekend.
With the 2026 ALM Grand Final to be 22nd – 24th May, that ANZAC day weekend will be the last weekend of the regular season. Will be 3 weekends in May between those 2 above weekends, for one off elimination finals and two legged semis.
New ChCh Stadium is scheduled to be completed mid April 2026. So the Nix maybe keen to take their final regular season match to ChCh that ANZAC Day weekend. Say play the Sunday, giving non Cantabs a chance to journey there Saturday and leave Monday making a weekend of it in the Garden City. Would make for a bumper crowd.
That's given that the ROF has already been booked by the Warriors that weekend.
Potential spanner that I read Super Rugby may try schedule a Super Round (all the SR teams) at the new Te Kaha stadium ANZAC weekend.