Business of Sport: NZ Rugby takes the Strand

Business of Sport: NZ Rugby takes the Strand
NZ Rugby's top brains are moving north. (Image: Getty)
Trevor McKewen
Welcome to the first edition of BusinessDesk’s new newsletter, imaginatively named the Business of Sport.On Fridays, around noon, we’ll drop the latest version into your inbox and on the website. Our goal is to provide a look at Kiwi sport, its movers and shakers and some of the issues confronting them – all through a business lens. Occasionally, it may be slightly irreverent, and rumours all are part of the industry too, so we’re figuring you’ll go with the flow …1.  NZ Rugby quietly decamps from the c...

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