#Silver Lake

OPINION: First the apology. Sorry. Having to read, or listen, to a windbag carp on about historical All Blacks' tours can be a distasteful episode in anyone's book. Spare me the sermon, pass me a pillow, dim the lights. Yawn. But hear me out. Firstly, let's be clear. The All Blacks, despite the defeats to France and Ireland in Paris and Dublin last…

Analysis - The sporting public is tired of New Zealand Rugby censoring players' ability to speak candidly on controversies. New Zealand is not a country in which people are able to speak freely. At least not in public anyway. As a columnist, I know that there are topics I cannot write about or points of view I can't express if I want to continue to…

Greetings, G&GRs, and welcome to Wednesday's Rugby News. Today's guest article comes to you from ParForCourse. Usual links to things happening around the world below, too. AllyOz will grace our desks on Thursday and Keith will round off our week. As Nutta says, "I hope it's a pizza pockets day for you all". Private Equity and Australian Rugby Is…

Less than 18 months after Silver Lake invested $50 million at a $160 million valuation, Pro Football Focus had to resort to the "L" word. Sixteen full-time employees were part of the first round of layoffs in company history, PFF confirmed to Front Office Sports. The cuts amounted to about 7% of its salaried workforce, which stood at 220 employees…

The Black Ferns have now sold out Eden Park twice in two months. Duncan Greive asks what will NZ Rugby do with its new smash hit rugby product? For years the argument has been made with monotonous regularity - that women's sport cannot justify the salaries and investment that men's commands because it simply isn't as popular. It's done with a…

Endeavor reported $1.22 billion in third-quarter revenue, down from $1.39 billion during the same period last year. The owner of mixed martial arts promotion UFC and talent agency WME posted a net loss of $12.5 million, compared to $63.6 million in net income in Q3 FY 2021. The Events, Experiences & Rights segment brought in revenue of $440.6…