The public knows that on recent form, neither Harbour nor Counties-Manukau deserve to be part of the Air NZ Cup top division, according to Peter Williams in the Herald on Sunday.
"After Friday's decision to retain the status quo in the Air New Zealand Cup, for at least another year anyway, it's fair to ask once more - just who is running rugby in this country?
"How come the NZRU, the richest sporting body in New Zealand, with annual revenues in excess of $100 million, can still be dictated to by provincial unions with a precarious financial position and little more than parochial self-interest at heart? Perhaps it's because there's a growing realisation at head office that rugby's real fan base is shifting from the big cities and into the provincial centres like Napier, Palmerston North and Invercargill."
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