The Hurricanes are dealing with a million dollar loss while their team rides high at the top of Super Rugby.
While franchises don't make their finances public, the $1.4 million loss for 2023 has been revealed as a result of figures released by the Wellington Rugby Union.
Hurricanes director Iain Potter says it was a bad year for the franchise for many reasons.
"Some argy-bargy with the Australian Rugby Union, creating greater uncertainty around what the competition was supposed to be delivering, probably a little bit of rugby fatigue, probably people are looking for different things."
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