In Extra Time this week - The provinces have spoken and voted in favour of New Zealand Rugby's proposal to sell off a share of its commercial rights to US private equity company Silver Lake - but the deal is far from done.
The NZR and the Players Association remain at loggerheads over the proposal and a compromise seems a long way off - so what happens now?
Meanwhile on the field, women's rugby goes up a gear this weekend with the first women's Super Rugby match between the Blues and Chiefs - but how far off is a fully fledged women's competition?.
And Joseph Parker fights for redemption in Manchester.
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