Pieces of Silver podcast: Cleaning fish heads from the rugby boardroom

Pieces of Silver podcast: Cleaning fish heads from the rugby boardroom
Former All Black Taine Randell has a few thoughts on governance (Image: NZME)
Paul McBeth
Trevor McKewen
Former All Black captain Taine Randell calls them fish heads. They’re the people who have time on their hands and can get on to a rugby board for the benefits of rubbing shoulders with players and going on trips rather than grappling with the competing needs of community grassroots rugby and the high-performance professional game. The David Pilkington-led review into New Zealand Rugby’s (NZR) governance arrangements is more diplomatic in the way it recommends a wholesale overhaul to make sure the national un...

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