EDITOR’S LETTER

WHAT SHOULD BECOME APPARENT TO THOSE WHO READ ALL THE WAY THROUGH this issue is that New Zealand Rugby has two distinct yet connected problems.

It’s World Cup year so inevitably there are professional players across the country making big decisions about their respective futures.

There are a handful, men such as Liam Squire, Ben Smith, Nehe Milner-Skudder, Kieran Read and Owen Franks, who have already confirmed they will be taking up offshore contracts after the World Cup.

There are others such as Ardie