In the second episode of Pieces of Silver: Inside the Silver Lake deal, BusinessDesk business of sport columnist Trevor McKewen and financial reporter Paul McBeth discover how the NZ Rugby Players' Association found out about the Silver Lake deal, and uncover just how important the players' images rights were to the deal. 

“Pieces of Silver: Inside the Silver Lake Deal” is a six-episode by former NZR executive Trevor McKewen and Business Desk journalist Paul McBeth.

It was the deal that rocked the New Zealand rugby community and remains controversial to this day.

BusinessDesk delivers the most incisive and revealing detail yet on the $200 million deal between New Zealand Rugby and giant American private equity firm, Silver Lake. 

New episodes every Wednesday. 

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