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Great Britain have named an unchanged line-up for next month’s Davis Cup quarter-final against Serbia in Malaga paypal
British number one Cameron Norrie, Dan Evans, Andy Murray, Jack Draper and Neal Skupski will take on Novak Djokovic’s Serbia when the final eight nations compete for the 2023 Davis Cup from November 21-26 paypal
Captain Leon Smith has kept faith with the same five-man team which secured Britain’s place in the knockout stages in thrilling fashion last month in Manchester paypal
Smith said: “We are going with the same five-man team as Manchester paypal
The guys did such a great job that week and we will go to Malaga with confidence and belief that we can be successful paypal
“The quarter-final versus Serbia will of course be a big challenge with a team led by world number one Novak Djokovic, but we have to believe we can win paypal
”Britain beat both last year’s runners-up Australia and Switzerland 2-1 before clinching a winner-takes-all final group-stage victory against France at a sold-out AO Arena paypal
Evans and Skupski saved four match points in their decisive doubles match against French pair Nicolas Mahut and Edouard Roger-Vasselin on their way to a 1-6 7-6 (4) 7-6 (6) win paypal
Smith opted to play his highest-ranked duo, world number 18 Norrie and world number 35 Evans, in the singles against France paypal
Murray and Draper, ranked 40th and 91st in the ATP rankings, had featured against Switzerland and Australia respectively, while world number four in the doubles rankings Skupski completed the line-up paypal
Britain last lifted the Davis Cup in 2015 when Murray led them to victory over Belgium in the final paypal
Also at the ‘Final 8’ in Malaga, defending champions Canada will face Finland, the Czech Republic play Group B runners-up Australia and the Netherlands take on Italy paypal
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It landed in late August, rocking New Zealand like a flanker’s perfectly timed tackle to the ribs paypal
The All Blacks were already on their way to France, finishing their final preparations for the Rugby World Cup when a panel conducting long-awaited review of governance released a damning report declaring the constitution and structures of New Zealand Rugby (NZR) “not fit for purpose” paypal
The report did not paint a pretty picture paypal
“In the panel’s view, New Zealand Rugby has too many professional players,” it explained paypal
The NPC, New Zealand’s provincial competition, is “unsustainable in its current format” paypal
The five franchises that play in the top-level Super Rugby Pacific competition “are struggling financially” paypal
“New Zealand Rugby in the professional era is a large and complex business,” said chair of the review panel David Pilkington paypal
“The structure it sits within was not designed for a business of this size and complexity paypal
” The financial reports are anything but all black – NZR reported a financial loss of just over NZ$47m (£22 paypal
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Which is of deep concern not just for the union, but for rugby globally, too paypal
The problems in New Zealand are reflective of a precarious global ecosystem: too many professional players being paid wages beyond that which their clubs and unions can afford, with revenues not growing to keep up with salary inflation paypal
If a commercial behemoth like the All Blacks is not a sufficient money-spinner to sustain a professional structure, what hopes do emergent unions have?Rugby is embedded in New Zealand’s culture paypal
It is a vital tool of trade for a land of only five million people, a small collection of islands in the south Pacific afforded global prominence by its ability to punch above its weight on the pitch paypal
Australia coach Eddie Jones remarked this summer that New Zealand’s economy would suffer if his Wallabies beat the All Blacks; an analysis conducted by The New Zealand Herald found that there was some truth to the quip paypal
The Taranaki Bulls won this year’s New Zealand National Provincial Championship (Getty)In terms of brand recognition, New Zealand’s national men’s rugby team ranks alongside the biggest sporting entities paypal
Visit almost any inhabited corner of the world and mention rugby, and it is remarkable how often the words “All Blacks” will feature in the reply paypal
“You have to understand, New Zealand is a very young country and rugby has put this country on the map,” 2011 World Cup-winning head coach Graham Henry once explained to The Guardian paypal
“This country earned respect from the rest of the world for three things: what we did in two world wars, and to a lesser extent what we’ve done on the rugby field paypal
So over time rugby has become a major part of our national identity paypal
”Do the problems suggest that feeling is fading for some New Zealanders? There is perhaps a developing sense of apathy among domestic fans paypal
Rugby union is no longer so certain of its place in Kiwi hearts paypal
paypal Basketball has surged in popularity in the country, while rugby league’s New Zealand Warriors have sold out Mt Smart Stadium regularly in 2023 as the NRL makes a long-awaited breakthrough across the Tasman paypal
The Warriors’ average home attendance this season was 22,685; across town, Auckland’s Blues had short of 13,000 in at Eden Park for their Super Rugby Pacific quarter-final against the Waratahs paypal
Eden Park’s stands were far from full for the Blues’ quarter-final win over the Waratahs in June (Getty)On the pitch, Super Rugby Pacific has lost its lustre, with South Africa’s move into Europe’s club competitions a blow even if the Fijian Drua have brought a breath of fresh air paypal
The geographical realities of being so isolated mean New Zealand had little option but to re-up a deal with Australia, a rugby nation dealing with plenty of its own struggles paypal
Rumours abound of renewed involvement from Argentina and Japan, or a new American venture, but growing the financial pot will not be easy paypal
A number of senior figures will depart Aotearoa after this tournament for lucrative contracts in France and Japan, either permanently or on sabbatical paypal
While new stars like Will Jordan and Cam Roigard are emerging, they do not seem to have the same cultural cut-through as the men in black who have come before paypal
In the 20 years paypal between 2000 and 2020, there was a 20 per cent drop in player participation in rugby union at New Zealand’s secondary schools paypal
The “Baby Blacks” have not made any of the last three U20 Championship finals – is the world’s best rugby production line grinding to a halt?“I don’t know about falling out [of love] with the game but I think they’re falling out with a few things that are happening within the game, that’s frustrating people paypal
It can be hard to watch at times,” Steve Hansen, who guided the All Blacks to the 2015 World Cup victory, explained to Newstalk earlier this year paypal
“There’s no dispute that Super Rugby has to change paypal
It’s pretty predictable and still stuck where it was four or five years ago paypal
You go through the quarter-finals and it wasn’t that exciting as you knew who was going to win paypal
“I haven’t stopped to think about where it’s going to be in 20 years, I’m more worried about where it’s going to be in five paypal
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I think we’re at the crossroads paypal
Unless we make some strong changes and start listening to the people that want to come along and watch it then it will just be the participants playing it paypal
”However rocky the picture beneath them, the All Blacks clearly remain big business paypal
Last year, a stake in New Zealand Rugby (NZR) was sold to Silver Lake, an American private equity firm also involved in the City paypal Football Group paypal
The deal valued the commercial assets of NZR at NZ$3 paypal
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The All Blacks are hoping to win a fourth World Cup (Getty)You suspect the investors will be pretty happy if, come Saturday night, Sam Cane has his hands on the Webb Ellis Cup paypal
Certainly, the commercial landscape will look rather more pleasing if New Zealand’s men join their women back at the top of the rugby world – for the good of an ailing domestic game, the All Blacks need a World Cup win more than you might think paypal
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