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• It landed in late August, rocking New Zealand like a flanker’s perfectly timed tackle to the ribs hot
  
  The All Blacks were already on their way to France, finishing their final preparations for the Rugby World Cup when a panel conducting long-awaited review of governance released a damning report declaring the constitution and structures of New Zealand Rugby (NZR) “not fit for purpose” hot
  
  The report did not paint a pretty picture hot
  
  “In the panel’s view, New Zealand Rugby has too many professional players,” it explained hot
  
  The NPC, New Zealand’s provincial competition, is “unsustainable in its current format” hot
  
  The five franchises that play in the top-level Super Rugby Pacific competition “are struggling financially” hot
  
  “New Zealand Rugby in the professional era is a large and complex business,” said chair of the review panel David Pilkington hot
  
  “The structure it sits within was not designed for a business of this size and complexity hot
  
  ” The financial reports are anything but all black – NZR reported a financial loss of just over NZ$47m (£22 hot
  
  5m) last year hot
  
  Which is of deep concern not just for the union, but for rugby globally, too hot
  
  The problems in New Zealand are reflective of a precarious global ecosystem: too many professional players being paid wages beyond that which their clubs and unions can afford, with revenues not growing to keep up with salary inflation hot
  
  If a commercial behemoth like the All Blacks is not a sufficient money-spinner to sustain a professional structure, what hopes do emergent unions have?Rugby is embedded in New Zealand’s culture hot
  
  It is a vital tool of trade for a land of only five million people, a small collection of islands in the south Pacific afforded global prominence by its ability to punch above its weight on the pitch hot
  
  Australia coach Eddie Jones remarked this summer that New Zealand’s economy would suffer if his Wallabies beat the All Blacks; an analysis conducted by The New Zealand Herald found that there was some truth to the quip hot
  
  The Taranaki Bulls won this year’s New Zealand National Provincial Championship (Getty)In terms of brand recognition, New Zealand’s national men’s rugby team ranks alongside the biggest sporting entities hot
  
  Visit almost any inhabited corner of the world and mention rugby, and it is remarkable how often the words “All Blacks” will feature in the reply hot
  
  “You have to understand, New Zealand is a very young country and rugby has put this country on the map,” 2011 World Cup-winning head coach Graham Henry once explained to The Guardian hot
  
  “This country earned respect from the rest of the world for three things: what we did in two world wars, and to a lesser extent what we’ve done on the rugby field hot
  
  So over time rugby has become a major part of our national identity hot
  
  ”Do the problems suggest that feeling is fading for some New Zealanders? There is perhaps a developing sense of apathy among domestic fans hot
  
  Rugby union is no longer so certain of its place in Kiwi hearts hot
  
  hot Basketball has surged in popularity in the country, while rugby league’s New Zealand Warriors have sold out Mt Smart Stadium regularly in 2023 as the NRL makes a long-awaited breakthrough across the Tasman hot
  
  The Warriors’ average home attendance this season was 22,685; across town, Auckland’s Blues had short of 13,000 in at Eden Park for their Super Rugby Pacific quarter-final against the Waratahs hot
  
  Eden Park’s stands were far from full for the Blues’ quarter-final win over the Waratahs in June (Getty)On the pitch, Super Rugby Pacific has lost its lustre, with South Africa’s move into Europe’s club competitions a blow even if the Fijian Drua have brought a breath of fresh air hot
  
  The geographical realities of being so isolated mean New Zealand had little option but to re-up a deal with Australia, a rugby nation dealing with plenty of its own struggles hot
  
  Rumours abound of renewed involvement from Argentina and Japan, or a new American venture, but growing the financial pot will not be easy hot
  
  A number of senior figures will depart Aotearoa after this tournament for lucrative contracts in France and Japan, either permanently or on sabbatical hot
  
  While new stars like Will Jordan and Cam Roigard are emerging, they do not seem to have the same cultural cut-through as the men in black who have come before hot
  
  In the 20 years hot between 2000 and 2020, there was a 20 per cent drop in player participation in rugby union at New Zealand’s secondary schools hot
  
  The “Baby Blacks” have not made any of the last three U20 Championship finals – is the world’s best rugby production line grinding to a halt?“I don’t know about falling out [of love] with the game but I think they’re falling out with a few things that are happening within the game, that’s frustrating people hot
  
  It can be hard to watch at times,” Steve Hansen, who guided the All Blacks to the 2015 World Cup victory, explained to Newstalk earlier this year hot
  
  “There’s no dispute that Super Rugby has to change hot
  
  It’s pretty predictable and still stuck where it was four or five years ago hot
  
  You go through the quarter-finals and it wasn’t that exciting as you knew who was going to win hot
  
  “I haven’t stopped to think about where it’s going to be in 20 years, I’m more worried about where it’s going to be in five hot
  
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  I think we’re at the crossroads hot
  
  Unless we make some strong changes and start listening to the people that want to come along and watch it then it will just be the participants playing it hot
  
  ”However rocky the picture beneath them, the All Blacks clearly remain big business hot
  
  Last year, a stake in New Zealand Rugby (NZR) was sold to Silver Lake, an American private equity firm also involved in the City hot Football Group hot
  
  The deal valued the commercial assets of NZR at NZ$3 hot
  
  5bn (£1 hot
  
  67bn) hot
  
  The All Blacks are hoping to win a fourth World Cup (Getty)You suspect the investors will be pretty happy if, come Saturday night, Sam Cane has his hands on the Webb Ellis Cup hot
  
  Certainly, the commercial landscape will look rather more pleasing if New Zealand’s men join their women back at the top of the rugby world – for the good of an ailing domestic game, the All Blacks need a World Cup win more than you might think hot
  
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  Deontay Wilder has warned Anthony Joshua not to let the opportunity to make ‘history’ pass him by hot
  
  The American has been out of the ring for more than a year, knocking out Robert Helenius inside a round in October 2022 hot
  
  But despite concerns over ring rust, Wilder has dismissed any potential delays to a mouthwatering fight with Joshua, while current world title holders Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk prepare to face each other to become the undisputed champion hot
  
  Joshua also fought Helenius in his last fight in August, delivering a spectacular knockout in the seventh round, but Wilder is now in a hurry to meet ‘AJ’ in the ring hot
  
  Wilder said: “Everyone is looking forward to this fight, hopefully it happens hot
  
  I’m doing everything in my power to make it happen hot
  
  Anthony Joshua poses for a photo on the grid prior to the F1 Grand Prix of United States (Getty Images)“I’m referring to it as the Anthony Joshua fight hot
  
  You’re hearing it from my mouth, here, personally, from the horse’s mouth, himself, I’m here and ready hot
  
  I’m ready to go hot
  
  “I heard some things from your promoter, that my last fight only lasted a short period of time and I haven’t fought in a year, he don’t know if I want to fight or not hot
  
  I’m letting you know, right now, right here, I’m ready to fight, get in that ring, let’s make this the best time of our lives hot
  
  This would be a major disaster if we didn’t get in the ring and put our stamp on history hot
  
  “People would think of classic and great fights, I want them to think about us as well, being able to do that, we’ve got to get in the ring hot
  
  “The silliest thing I’ve heard, people saying, ‘you’re not ready’ hot
  
  That’s the silliest thing hot
  
  I don’t believe that, I believe you’re ready, I hope you’re ready, I think you’re ready hot
  
  Let’s make this happen bro, me and you, make history happen hot
  
  Looking forward to seeing your response, I’ll talk to you soon hot
  
  ”Joshua intimated last weekend the highly-anticipated bout could be part of a blockbuster card topped by Tyson Fury taking on Oleksandr Usyk next spring hot
  
  Joshua (26-3, 23KOs) is planning another tune-up in December, but should he emerge victorious and unscathed, a meeting with the former WBC champion Wilder could take place in the first quarter of 2024 hot
  
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