Business of Sport: Super Rugby Aupiki and the looming knock-on

Business of Sport: Super Rugby Aupiki and the looming knock-on
Seeing the Black Ferns perform the haka at home against top-tier competition may be a rare sight. (Image: NZME)
Trevor McKewen
Perhaps New Zealand Rugby’s media unit should enjoy the Christmas-New Year break, because all hell is going to break loose near the end of January when the penny drops that there is no real plan in place for women’s rugby in 2023.The country will greet the new year still basking in the warmth of the Black Ferns’ November heroics to be greeted with a blink-and-it’s-over, five-week Super Rugby Aupiki women’s season, which will be done and dusted before we all start packing away our summer beach gear.It would be nice...

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