Business of Sport: NZ Rugby’s ‘Red Wedding’ must lead to real change

Business of Sport: NZ Rugby’s ‘Red Wedding’ must lead to real change
All Black Richie Mo'unga is double-tackled by Springboks Pieter-Steph du Toit and Duane Vermeulen. (Image: Getty)
Trevor McKewen
When it comes to microphone drops, it’s difficult to top David Pilkington’s effort on Thursday when the long-awaited independent review into the governance of New Zealand Rugby (NZR) landed with all the impact of a Springboks "bomb squad" blowing up the All Blacks. Pilkington is not a name readily known to rugby fans. But the former Ports of Tauranga chair and governance expert could yet have the most profound impact on the game here in decades. As the chair of the independent review committee, which also include...

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