Herald can reveal.
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The deal, should it be signed off by New Zealand Rugby’s provincial unions in the coming months, would be the biggest seachange since the game turned professional 25 years ago, and the largest transaction of this nature in NZ sports history.
New Zealand Rugby and Silver Lake have been in talks for over nine months, with the
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While Silver Lake’s minority stake remains under negotiation and could be anywhere from 10 to 15 per cent, with terms yet to be finalised, the