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Covid-19 has changed rugby from money-maker to goodwill-creator

Helicopter mums and idle teens threats to rugby – but not the only ones.

Dita De Boni Wed, 17 Jun 2020

I have two sons. One is 14, geeky, lanky, and thinks rugby is for chumps. 

According to Steve Tew at a Trans-Tasman Business Circle event I attended last year, he is a major threat to the modern day game of rugby: a teenage boy between the ages of 13 and 15 who thinks getting his head ground

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Dita De Boni Wed, 17 Jun 2020
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