How to bring the NZ Rugby silver back home

How to bring the NZ Rugby silver back home
NZ Players' Association head Rob Nichol said the standards for an international investor are high. (Image: NZME)
Paul McBeth
Trevor McKewen
If Silver Lake can help New Zealand Rugby whip its commercial operations into a global powerhouse in five years and then sell it back to local interests, it will be mission accomplished for the players’ association. The NZ Rugby Players’ Association extracted a promise for the national rugby union to investigate an initial public offering (IPO) in five years as part of its negotiations to support the private equity giant’s $200 million injection into the national game. But part of the trade-off was the loss of a comp...

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