NZC

As well as improving pay for players and coaches, NZC has upgraded the sport's infrastructure.

A portion of each domestic head coach's salary is directly paid by NZC, and developing international players is part of each coach's key performance indicators.

NZC was now empowered to take decisions based on the best interests of the game in New Zealand, not the parochial interests of the provincial associations.

The All Blacks were among those to emulate NZC's structure.

NZC's pragmatism has extended to their own T20 competition.