The New Zealand rugby union isn't revealing who it will back at today's International Rugby Board chairman's vote in Auckland.
Incumbent Frenchman Bernard Lapasset is being challenged by vice-chairman Bill Beaumont of England.
New Zealand rugby union chief executive Steve Tew says there has been plenty of lobbying going on over the past few days.
The views of the two candidates on the future governance of the World Cup will no doubt play a large part in the vote with the Sanzar unions New Zealand, Australia and South Africa saying the tournament costs them $50 million in lost revenue.
Tew and former All Black captain Graham Mourie are New Zealand's two representatives on the IRB Council with a simple majority of the 26 votes deciding whether Lapasset or Beaumonth will win the position.
