I thought the Phoenix owners were willing to pay for the costs of entering the NZF NWL?
In that case what the hell are NZF thinking, couldn't they just be like 'sweet as bro saved you a space in the wharekai just need a koha higher than X amount so we can get the hangi prepped'. Mind ya these days I'm suprised that there's even dialogue from NZF, would be great if they just pulled finger and found a way forward rather than hold back the game or am I missing something?
Surely more teams able to compete at the highest level is better for the game.