Media Insider: Chiefs v Chiefs in High Court - NZ Rugby fights for name over NRL’s new Papua New Guinea team

Media Insider: Chiefs v Chiefs in High Court - NZ Rugby fights for name over NRL’s new Papua New Guinea team

NZME Editor-at-Large·NZ Herald·11 Oct, 2026 10:00 PM6 mins to read‌NZ Rugby says its Waikato-based Chiefs franchise has built an "incredibly strong identity widely recognised and loved by fans" since 1996. Photo / Alyse Wright The launch of the NRL’s new Chiefs team next week is up in the air after NZ Rugby and the NRL went head-to-head in the High Court on Monday morning in an increasingly fractious trademark dispute between the rival codes. A Wellington High Court judge will determine whether there should

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