Yasutaka Sasakura of the Sunwolves celebrates scoring. Photo / Getty
Further expansion of Super Rugby is an inevitable economic necessity according to New Zealand Rugby boss Steve Tew.
"When we go to the next set of broadcasting deals we have to be sure we have a footprint in South America, a footprint in Asia and possible other markets or we
will go bust because we continue to compete against the clubs up here (in Europe).
"We have set this conference structure up so that future expansion will be possible and more sensible in terms of travel and workload but we have to break into new markets," Tew told Radio Sport's The Crowd Goes Wild Breakfast today.
If New Zealand wanted to be involved in professional rugby they had to broaden their range well beyond the domestic scene and trans-Tasman matches.
"We have to have a competition involving other countries and by geography that is complex," Tew added.
