RUGBY FOOTBALL

• Provincial unions give green light for NZ$387.5m deal
• Proposal still needs consent of players’ union to go ahead

In Trinidad and Tobago, coach Schezelle Fleming introduced rugby to South East Port of Spain Secondary School because she wanted students to experience the rugby family she credits for changing her life and teach them values that can help them unlock their true potential, on and off the field.

The introduction of development programmes that will see the sport of rugby being broadcasted on television, is one of many initiatives being put forward by presidential candidate Maria Thomas, ahead of the T&T Rugby Football Union's (TTRFU) annual general meeting (AGM) and election of officers on May 10. 

New Zealand Rugby has received a $465 million offer from US technology investment giants Silver Lake for a 15 per cent share of commercial rights valued at $3.1 billion, the Herald can reveal.

FIVE clubs, with leaders Harvard and Caribs as favourites, will have the chance to capture the TT Rugby Football Union (TTRFU) Sevens Series, when the final leg – the TT International Sevens – hosted by Harvard, punts off today at St Mary's College Ground, St Clair.