Rugby: Former All Blacks coach Laurie Mains urges players to support Silver Lake deal
29 Apr, 2021 08:00 PM
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Cheree Kinnear explains the key points in the Silver Lake buy-in.
RNZ
New Zealand Rugby s plan to sell 12.5 percent of its commercial rights to US firm Silver Lake has been supported by the country s provincial unions and the Māori Rugby Board.
The $387 million deal is still not complete because professional players are yet to agree to it. Mediation is at a stalemate with the two parties said to be way apart on the issue.
Laurie Mains has been playing rugby since he was a child, and went on to play for and coach the All Blacks.
New Zealand Rugby s plan to sell 12.5 percent of its commercial rights to US firm Silver Lake has been supported by the country s provincial unions and the Māori Rugby Board.
The $387 million deal is still not complete because professional players are yet to agree to it. Mediation is at a stalemate with the two parties said to be way apart on the issue.
Laurie Mains has been playing rugby since he was a child, and went on to play for and coach the All Blacks.
He told
Checkpoint he could not fathom why the professional players were not getting in behind a deal that has unanimous support from the grass roots.