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Sports Insider: The untold story of the South Island’s secret NRL team bid
A secretive South Island NRL bid threatens to shake up New Zealand’s expansion hopes; the chaos of NRL player contracts exposed; Israel Adesanya faces a career-defining fight in August; Amazon enters the Kiwi sports streaming market. OPINION A mystery …