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Podcast: Weekend Sport with Jason Pine
Episode: Mark Robinson: NZ Rugby CEO on Ineos' breach of contract, legal action
Description: New Zealand Rugby (NZR) CEO Mark Robinson has spoken publicly for the first time since it was revealed that NZR is suing Ineos for an alleged breach of contract that will leave the national organisation exposed to potential multimillion-dollar losses. NZR informed the provincial unions this week it was launching legal action after Ineos, the world’s largest chemical producer and owned by British billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe, abruptly walked away from its lucrative sponsorship agreement three years early and failed to make its first payment in 2025. Ineos agreed a six-year sponsorship agreement with NZR in 2...