New Zealand Rugby revealed the initial findings of an independent review of the game last Friday and indicated it would begin consultation immediately.
The consultation will be with all provincial unions and Super Rugby franchises.
The visit in Dunedin will be with a selection of board members from the provincial unions in the South and members from the Highlanders. The roadshow will be presented by NZR staff members.
The review identified various opportunities to increase revenue and remove inefficiencies.
This could lead to accessing $20 million to $30 million to put back into the game.
The areas the review will look are high performance pathways, expenditure outcomes, resourcing across the sport, domestic competitions and revenue growth opportunities.
NZR chief executive Mark Robinson said last week this was an important opportunity to stand back and look at the needs across all levels of rugby and have the right structure in place.
There has been much talk about the changes with suggestions it could result in the end of the provincial competitions and possible job cuts.
Otago Rugby Football Union general manager Richard Kinley said the review was timely and would get full input from all parties.
Kinley said NZR had stressed nothing had been decided.
He said it was not a bad idea to have a look at what the union was doing and where it was headed.
It hurt no-one to put everything up for discussion and look where things were being resourced correctly.
No timeline had been given for when changes - if any -would occur but it is expected to not take too long.
North Otago Rugby Football Union chief executive Colin Jackson said he was looking forward to getting more clarity around the review from the meeting.
He said the Heartland Championship was a very good competition and the only disappointment was there was no promotion-relegation process which killed off aspirations the Heartland unions may have.
The promotion-relegation process came about the last time a consultant was involved so he hoped a consultant does not make any further damage.
North Otago won the Heartland Championship last season.
Jackson said club rugby should be top of the pillar in New Zealand.
‘‘Without club rugby we would have no rugby,’’ he said.
‘‘We need to do what we can to assist club rugby and grow the game.’’
Jackson said it would be great to get All Blacks playing club rugby.
‘‘We’d like to find a way that the top players can go back and play for their clubs. I think they would want to play. I’m not a big fan of these rests.’’
