Exclusive: New Zealand Rugby field $465 million private investment offer from US tech giants Silver Lake 3 Feb, 2021 04:00 AM 5 minutes to read Liam Napier is a sports writer for NZMELiam.Napier@nzherald.co.nz New Zealand Rugby has received a $465 million offer from US technology investment giants Silver Lake for a 15 per cent share of commercial rights valued at $3.1 billion, the Herald can reveal. 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.