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Rugby under-20s take on a totally new frontier
NO COMFORT: Savea (centre) paddling down the Tongariro River. SLEEPING alone under the stars was not what Julian Savea expected at rugby camp. Savea (right) and teammates Willy Ione and Mike Kainga...
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Tough way to get picked for the team
By LIZ PROCTOR, BEN STRANG and KIMBERLEY CRAYTON-BROWN FORTY-FIVE rugby players battling it out for places in the NZ under 20s World Cup squad have been given a different kind of challenge. Rather than...
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Under-20 rugby players tackle outdoor pursuits
Under-20 rugby players race through the Tongariro River rapids. FORTY-FIVE talented young Kiwi rugby players can rest easy after a week outside their comfort zones. The young men were under-20 players...
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Players learn lesson in bouncing back
THE first few steps seem easy enough. Then the gravel path narrows as trees and scrub become denser, forming a tunnel around the boys. The steps’ wooden retainers look as if they are stacked on top of...
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Sir Ed’s adventures bought back to life in children’s book
WELLINGTON artist Phoebe Morris has illustrated a children’s book about the exploits of Sir Edmund Hillary. ‘First to the Top – Sir Edmund Hillary’s Amazing Everest Adventure’ was written by author and...
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