NZR review

Tim

https://dylancleaver.substack.com/p/a-lament-for-pakistan-cricket

kev

https://dylancleaver.substack.com/p/a-lament-for-pakistan-cricket

Why NZR+? ….buyers remorse with Silverlake deal? … bad decisions everywhere….

Tim

@kev It seems that the only things they have achieved so far are duplicating the organisational and executive structures (between NZR and NZ Rugby Commercial), and hence the expenses.

Bovidae

https://www.nzrugby.co.nz/news-and-events/latest-news/nzr-board-confirm-new-structure-for-new-zealand-rugby

gt12

Hopefully good news.

Two seats for Silver lake...

canefan

@gt12 said in NZR review:

Hopefully good news.

Two seats for Silver lake...

Ejector seats?

kev

@canefan said in NZR review:

@gt12 said in NZR review:

Hopefully good news.

Two seats for Silver lake...

Ejector seats?

Does anyone know what this Commercial arm has done? Or is doing? Will Silver Lake be a positive? Or a dead weight?

canefan

@kev said in NZR review:

@canefan said in NZR review:

@gt12 said in NZR review:

Hopefully good news.

Two seats for Silver lake...

Ejector seats?

Does anyone know what this Commercial arm has done? Or is doing? Will Silver Lake be a positive? Or a dead weight?

It feels like they are leeches

gt12

I know we have some members of the media here, and not to be too much of a fluffybunny about it, but those are questions that just haven't been really raised or explored enough by the NZ rugby media.

Tim

Silver Lake just bought 15% of TikTok, so there might be some more AB slop in the future.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/business/media/tiktok-investors-oracle-mgx-silver-lake-bytedance.html

canefan

@Tim said in NZR review:

Silver Lake just bought 15% of TikTok, so there might be some more AB slop in the future.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/business/media/tiktok-investors-oracle-mgx-silver-lake-bytedance.html

Oh good, Ardie can raise his TT platform

The Silver Fern

NZR review