23 Jul 2009

Auckland rugby union gives thumbs up to 10-team provincial championship

8:40 am on 23 July 2009

The chief executive of the Auckland Rugby Union Andy Dalton applauds what he says has been a very tough decision by the New Zealand Rugby Union to introduce a 10-team Premier Championship next year.

Results both on and off the field this year will determine the top ten, and there'll be six teams in division one.

Dalton says financially the game just couldn't sustain a 14-team competition....

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Andy Dalton.