29 Jul 2021

Deputy PM: further All Blacks tests locations up in the air

From First Up, 5:44 am on 29 July 2021

Negotiations are underway between the Government and the Australian and New Zealand rugby unions over the logistics of the upcoming Bledisloe Cup and end of year Northern hemisphere tour. The Wallabies have been granted an economic exemption to travel to New Zealand whilst the trans tasman bubble is paused. They'll come for at least one Bledisloe Cup match but what happens afterwards is still up in the air. Nathan Rarere spoke with Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson last night and asked him how the figure of $17-20 million in economic benefits for a single Bledisloe Cup test match came about.