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New Zealand Rugby Union Seeks To Target Auckland's Growing Asian Population03 / 27 / 13Connecting with Auckland's growing Asian population is "one of the New Zealand Rugby Union's main goals for the next three years," according to Patrick McKendry of the NEW ZEALAND HERALD. In revealing the organization's hope of broadening its horizons, CEO Steve Tew said its future "depended on it."... |
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AIG Benefits From All Blacks Deal
Insurance company AIG said that "it has already got business benefits from its sponsorship of the All Blacks," New Zealand's men's national rugby union team, according to Bradley & Grant of the NEW ZEALAND HERALD. AIG NZ CEO Cris Knell said that the firm "had got a number of leads" since announc ...
NRL's New Zealand TV Rights Not Signed
The New Zealand broadcast rights "are set to be the last piece" of a A$1.2B ($1.25B) financial puzzle left to be solved when newly hired National Rugby League CEO Dave Smith begins work next week, "with most players understood to have voted for a new collective bargaining agreement," according to Wa ...
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NZ Sevens Salaries To Double
Salaries for New Zealand All Blacks Sevens players "are set to double within the next year in a bid to lighten workloads and create specialist pathways in the build up to the next Olympic Games" in Rio de Janeiro, according to STUFF. High Performance Sport New Zealand last week gave the New Zealand ...
Aussie, NZ Olympic Funding See Big Jump
Australia's national sports federations are "facing a brave new world as the reality of a restructured government funding program" for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics has begun "to hit home," according to Nicole Jeffery of THE AUSTRALIAN. Australian Institute of Sport Dir Matt Favier, who returned ...
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Hosting Rugby WC Benefits New Zealand
A government report revealed that long-term benefits of hosting the Rugby World Cup last year are "likely to be more significant than winning the event," according to Michael Daly of the DOMINION POST. Enduring benefits identified in the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment study included ...
NZRU Sponorships To Help Spending
Embattled provincial unions "may be in for a financial leg-up from the New Zealand Rugby Union next year on the back of a better-than-budgeted profit," according to Toby Robson of the DOMINION POST. It has been a tough few years for the country's unions, with "spiralling player wage bills, falling g ...
Fired NZ Cricket Captain Fires Back
Fired New Zealand cricket captain Ross Taylor has accused New Zealand Cricket of "misrepresenting the circumstances of his dismissal, further inflaming a row overshadowing New Zealand's preparation for its tour of South Africa," according to the AP. Accounts given to the media by Taylor, New Zealand ...
NZC Brand In 'Poor Shape'
New Zealand's "underachieving" national cricket side is grim news for its governing body, not only on the park but off it, according to the NEW ZEALAND HERALD. Two prominent branding and communications experts believe that New Zealand Cricket's brand "is in poor shape." Mitchener Gillman Communicati ...
England, All Blacks Battle Commercially
England and the New Zealand All Blacks rugby went head-to-head at Twickenham on Saturday, but their commercial teams will be waging a battle "just as intense and at times controversial: the fight to bring more money into rugby," according to Roger Blitz of the FINANCIAL TIMES. With an eye on the 201 ...
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Beckham In No Hurry To Announce Plans
David Beckham said Wednesday he has "exciting opportunities on the table" to continue playing after he leaves Major League Soccer club L.A. Galaxy and will announce his next move near the end of the year, according to the AP. Until then, "he is focusing on winning one more trophy" with the Galaxy. B ...
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