Tasman/Nelson's best players off to the Rapa.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/domestic/887...
Nelson Bays' Football General Manager Clive Beaumont:
"I kind of hoped those players would stay and play for Suburbs, along with a couple of the others, and that guys would stay around Nelson and play in Nelson. But I don't think that's the case and we haven't got a cheque book like Phil has and that's the difference," Beaumont said.
"The simple fact is they're going there because the money is easier to come by and because they believe the Central League is better than the Mainland Premier League, which is a huge debate."
Not sure there's much debate about the relative standards of Central League and the MPL, but still.