Dominico Zapata/Stuff
Heather Alley covered Waikato rugby in the 1950s, but was never able to write under her own byline.
Lurking on the sidelines of the number two field of Hamilton’s Rugby Park, Heather Alley tried her best to blend in with the crowd of men decked out in hats and overcoats. Alley hoped she’d pass for an earnest follower of the Waikato club rugby scene. No one could know the real reason she was there. In her 19 years she’d never encountered such high stakes. And she’d never felt so free. Alley, nee Paterson, was there to report on the game for the