Chris Rattue : Report leaves plenty of escape routes for NZRU (The New Zealand Herald)- Weight Loss News

A World Cup report which says New Zealand rugby places too much importance on the tournament is itself a mighty 47 pages long. Legal eagle beats rough diamond in the Independent Review of the 2007 Rugby World Cup Campaign, and none of us should be surprised. On one hand, the report says the NZRU board followed “good governance” in endorsing the controversial conditioning programme which stripped Super 14 teams of leading All Blacks for two months. Look hard enough and there are enough bullets in the report to conclude that Heron and Tricker found the World Cup campaign to be riddled with holes, including in the boardroom. The players ignored the directive, although if rugby communication is to be judged by the Heron-Tricker report, the players may have thought it was only an option. read more

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