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Can women’s rugby be financially sustainable?

OPINION: It’s a very difficult argument to make that any rugby anywhere is doing well on the dollar front.

NBR columnist Martin Devlin speaks with Hamish McNicol.

Martin Devlin Tue, 15 Nov 2022

Can women’s rugby be independently financially sustainable?

The short answer to that, the immediate answer to that, is no – not at this moment in time – no. 

That doesn’t mean it can’t be. I’m just saying right now, it can’t. And it isn’t just the women’s game, isolated within the

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Martin Devlin Tue, 15 Nov 2022
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