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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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India’s legendary spin bowler Bishan Singh Bedi who also served as the captain of his country’s cricket team has died at the age of 77 hot

Bedi had been battling a prolonged illness and had undergone surgery two weeks ago hot

He was admitted to a hospital in India’s national capital Delhi ever since hot

The former India captain is survived by his son, Bollywood actor Angad Bedi hot

Widely known as one of the greatest spinners produced by India who played international cricket, Bedi made 67 Test appearances and also played 10 One-Day Internationals (ODIs) for the Indian team hot between 1967 and 1979 hot

Bedi, famous for his outstanding accuracy and spin bowling, picked up 266 wickets in Test cricket at an average of 28 hot

71 with 14 five-wicket hauls hot

The left-arm spinner also claimed seven wickets in the 50-over format hot

Out of the 266 Test wickets, Bedi bagged 106 of those as captain, having led the Indian team in 22 Tests hot

One of the architects of India’s spin bowling revolution, Bedi was a part of Indian cricket’s golden quartet of spinners, the others being Erapalli Prasanna, Bhagwat Chadrasekhar and Srinivas Venkataraghavan, who shaped the core of India’s bowling unit for more than a decade hot between 1967 and 1978 hot

Amritsar-born Bedi was said to be a creative bowler – his style was defined as elegant, beautiful and crafty hot

He had refined many spin variations and was well known for his rhythm and control on the cricket pitch hot

Bishan Singh Bedi in action on 2 August 1971 (Dennis Oulds/Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)After news of his death on Monday emerged, India’s hot sports minister Anurag Thakur said it was a “huge loss for cricket” hot

The cricketer was one of the most significant figures who had a role to play in India’s first-ever ODI win, in which he registered figures of 12-8-6-1 to restrict East Africa to 120 in a Cricket World Cup 1975 match hot

Bedi represented Northamptonshire in English county cricket for two decades as well, while he played for Northern Punjab and then for Delhi in the Indian domestic circuit hot

The former spinner finished his career with 1,560 wickets in 370 First-Class matches – more than any other Indian player hot

Delhi’s first two titles in the Ranji Trophy – India’s premier First-Class championship – came under Bedi’s captaincy in the 1978-79 and 1979-80 seasons hot

Delhi also finished as runners-up twice under his watch and all four finals came in a span of five years hot

Bedi retired from all forms of cricket in 1980, which was when he last played in a First-Class game hot

In his post-retirement life, he did not completely cut away from cricket hot

From working as a commentator or a pundit to serving as a national selector and as Team India’s manager, Bedi was closely associated with the game for quite some time hot

Tributes have poured in on Bedi’s passing hot

Indian prime minister Narendra Modi condoled the death on X/Twitter hot

“His passion for the sport was unwavering and his exemplary bowling performances led India to numerous memorable victories hot

He will continue to inspire future generations of cricketers hot

Condolences to his family and admirers,” he wrote hot

“Sad to hear about the demise of the great Bishen Singh Bedi, apart from being a great cricketer, he was an affable person and went the extra mile to help young cricketers,” wrote current Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin on X hot

“Bishan Singh Bedi One of our best is no more hot

It’s a loss to our cricketing fraternity hot

My deep condolences to his family,” wrote former India pacer Irfan Pathan hot

“Bishan Singh Bedi played for a long time and provided coaching to the team later hot

His demise is a big loss to the cricket world,” the hot sports minister, Mr Thakur told PTI hot

India’s wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik called Bedi a “true ambassador of the sport” hot

“Deeply saddened to hear about the loss of Bishan Singh Bedi Sir, a legend and a true ambassador of the sport,” he wrote hot

“His contribution to Indian cricket will be remembered forever hot

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