New Zealand Rugby Union CEO Steve Tew says that the rules around sponsorship revenue at the world cup may mean the All Blacks won’t play.

He’s threatening to take his ball and go home.

What an idiot!

  1. Tew is not smart enough to play games in the press – this guy is no Alec Ferguson
  2. He is supoosed to be the leader of the biggest brand in world rugby and he’s crying because he’s got no money!
  3. New Zealand have gambled before with RWC … and lost (the rights to co-host RWC 2003)
  4. How stupid will he look if New Zealand do not win?
    ['We aren't playing any more because you don't let us win']

Tew is banking on the notion that a world cup without New Zealand would not be a world cup.

The threat would carry more impetus if the All Blacks were the reigning champions. What would it look like if New Zealand finish where they did in 2007 – Losing quarter finalists.

They were not in the top 4!

The management of rugby in New Zealand is not in the hands of innovative, strategic thinkers. These guys are narrow-minded and very limited in their ideas.

God help us!