D'Arcy Waldegrave: Sportstalk host on Kanaloa Rugby reportedly expressing interest in saving Moana Pasifika

Consortium Kanaloa Rugby, a group pitching to save the disbandment of the Moana Pasifika Super franchise, claims to have the necessary backing to take over the licence.

However, chief executive Tracy Atiga says their bid to put up $15 million dollars - including debt settlements - is being ignored by the current owners.

Sportstalk host D'Arcy Waldegrave unpacked what we know so far.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 2 (00:05):
Against Darcy Watergrave sports talk hosters with us. Hello, Dars,
where are you going? No, don't worry about it. I'm
going to talk to you about Mowana Pacific, about what
the howl is going on here?

Speaker 1 (00:14):
I don't know. There's this said they said? Who said?
The truth is somewhere in the middle right three side,
tavy story, my side, your side in betwixt is the truth?
So I've got this from Rob Nickel, head of the
Rugby Plats Association. He took a bit of grief today
on the Hosking Show at the hands of Tracy Yachtinger,

(00:36):
who's the CEO of this I won't saying new because
they've been around long time, this group who are trying
to take over and pay for a Moana Pussyficer. But
they claim they're being rightly ignored by the people at
Moana Pussyfiker. Debbie Sorenson's the CEO there. So there's all
these accusations. So here's what I've got from the Plaza Association.

(00:57):
We understand that Tracy Artinger and or or kind of
lower that's the name of the group we're in discussions
with PMA. That's the people who own Mowana Pacifica and
perhaps ZT are on potentially either taking on the muana
license or becoming a partner with PMA. We are not
across the exact nature or detail of these discussions at all.

(01:19):
To be clear, we were not involved in that process
at all and have certainly not seen any proposals or
documentation relating to it. Over the weekend, Tracy Artinger reached
out to me via text. I encourage her to direct
any proposal she may have to ENDZTR in the first instant,
given their role as the license holder and the fact
there is now a level of urgency. Also said she

(01:41):
was welcome to copy myself and hardly to poland from
the Pacific Rugby Players Association with any correspondence or proposal,
send something directly if you wish. Today we have received
nothing at all. We're continuing to work hard.

Speaker 2 (01:55):
Does she seem to have blamed him basically for blocking it, right?
And there does seem to be from what I hear
from you guys in the sports team, a reasonable amount
of beef that goes back a fair way.

Speaker 1 (02:05):
Yeah, there for what I while I was listening to
discussion that you were Party two as well, there was issues,
but I don't I don't recall. I don't remember. It
wasn't there, so whatever there are, I mean.

Speaker 2 (02:16):
It sounds like it could be a clash of personalities
what it could be.

Speaker 1 (02:20):
Which seems odd when it comes to sorting out the
future of a super franchise that should just be pushed
to one side. But when someone's saying no, you said,
I said, they said, it's just difficult. Just makes it
hard because no one wants to talk about a really
uncomfortable subject. No one wants to be caught in between.
And a lot of people involved with my one on pacifica, Hey,
we're trying to save our franchise. We're not climbing on

(02:42):
air to sling crap at each other. And I get
that as well. They just don't want to. I suppose
you'd say, dignify what Tracy said of the response, maybe maybe.

Speaker 2 (02:53):
Thank you, looking forward to hearing your show this evening.

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