In the fifth episode of Pieces of Silver: Inside the Silver Lake deal, BusinessDesk business of sport columnist Trevor McKewen and financial reporter Paul McBeth dig deep into the politics around rugby competitions. 

“Pieces of Silver: Inside the Silver Lake Deal” is a six-episode podcast by former NZR executive Trevor McKewen and BusinessDesk journalist Paul McBeth. In this week's episode we look at NZ Rugby on the global stage and NZ Rugby's flare up with its Australian and South African counterparts over SuperRugby. 

It was the deal that rocked the New Zealand rugby community and remains controversial to this day.

BusinessDesk delivers the most incisive and revealing detail yet on the $200 million deal between New Zealand Rugby and giant American private equity firm, Silver Lake. 

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