LISTEN: This week's Extra Time discusses if a major boost for women's rugby depends on a controversial foreign investment.
Does the fate of a women's Super Rugby competition in 2022 lie with NZ Rugby's proposal to sell 15 percent of its commercial rights to a US investment company?
The Blues and Chiefs will play a one-off women's match at Eden Park in May, and players want to have a full tournament in 2022 as they build towards the World Cup in New Zealand late next year. But NZ Rugby chief executive Mark Robinson says it hinges on whether rugby can afford it.
NZ Rugby and the Rugby Players Association are at loggerheads over the pending agreement with US investment firm Silver Lake. NZ Rugby says the potential $465 million deal is transformational, while the players are concerned about potential cultural misappropriation. Do they have a point or are they holding the governing body to ransom?
Host Brenton Vannisselroy is joined on Extra Time this week by former Black Fern Louisa Wall, sports commentator Hamish Bidwell and RNZ rugby reporter Joe Porter to discuss the impasse.
You'll also hear from the head of Mainland Football after Christchurch was overlooked as a host city for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.
And we talk to rising New Zealand motorsport star Liam Lawson following his stunning start to the Formula 2 season.
