Business of Sport: Silver Lake eyes Aussie rugby in bid that could end trans-Tasman enmity

Business of Sport: Silver Lake eyes Aussie rugby in bid that could end trans-Tasman enmity
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Trevor McKewen
Rugby Australia is about to make a bold move that could mend its fractured relationship with New Zealand Rugby and establish the two warring unions as commercial bedfellows once again.While the trans-Tasman relationship is not as polar-icy as it was in 2020 when NZ Rugby's (NZR) arrogant and ill-conceived moves to hijack Super Rugby were exposed amid a fiery response from Australia, it still needs to thaw further.Whether they like it or not (and NZR stubbornly refused to acknowledge it for two years), the two unions are linked at the hip, w...

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