There are concerns the national game is becoming elitist and out of reach for thousands of fans.

And Tauranga list MP Clayton Mitchell wants the Government to step in to ensure top level rugby, the All Blacks, remain accessible to heartland support.

The NZ First MP believes all New Zealand should be able to see the All Blacks on free-to-view television, especially when playing at home.

'Rugby remains New Zealand's national game but it's become increasingly a game in which major matches can only be watched live by the better-off members of society,” says Clayton Mitchell, the NZ First spokesperson on sport and recreation,

He believes the game is pricing itself out of the reach of many people who love and support the game.

'There will be many people who cannot to afford to buy tickets for tonight's Eden Park test between the All Blacks and Wales," he says. 'Hundreds of thousands of others will miss out on watching the game live on television because they can't afford Sky.

'The All Blacks are our showpiece team and the public should be able to watch them free on television, as they once could.”

Clayton says critics of that idea believe the All Blacks themselves will suffer because they'd miss out on money coming to them via broadcasting rights.

'The government must step in and do as governments in Britain and Australia have done and ensure certain sports have free, live broadcasts.”

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