Super Rugby lite- How a second-tier, Trans-Tasman competition could level the playing field

The game of rugby union in Australia and New Zealand has been intertwined since 1882 when the first international rugby side from New South Wales toured New Zealand, visiting both the North and South Islands. The first New Zealand RFU national-sanctioned tour was undertaken in 1893: a ten-game tour of Australia. The 1987 World Cup []