Sam Darry left Canterbury for Auckland after a phone call from Blues coach Leon MacDonald. Darry’s move to Auckland bucks the trend of the Blues losing talent from their region. They’ve pinched one from the Crusaders. The 20-year-old from Christchurch, a Christ’s College product, was rising through the ranks with the Crusaders’ academy. He was selected for the New Zealand Schools team and the under-20s programme, and played for Canterbury in last year’s Mitre 10 Cup. Surely the Crusaders, the reigning champions, would be the next natural step in the promising lock’s progression? Not quite.
Boys schools ask parents to pay more in voluntary donations
24 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
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Tips and tricks for spending less on the kids uniforms this year.
New Zealand s biggest boys schools are asking parents to pay more than at neighbouring girls schools this year - a pattern that one principal says could well be sexist.
A Herald survey of donations being requested this year at the country s 20 biggest schools has found that boys colleges are asking parents to pay more than their nearby girls colleges in central Auckland, on the North Shore and in Hamilton and Tauranga.
Auckland Grammar School, a boys school, has hiked its requested donation from $1350 last year to $1425 this year - far higher than any other state school.
Super Rugby Aotearoa: Rugby Australia block James O Connor s quest to join the Chiefs for 2021 Super Rugby Aotearoa season
17 Dec, 2020 05:00 PM
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Super Rugby coaches have urged the need to tweak the laws of the game in order to make the sport fairer and more entertaining for fans. Video / Sky Sport
Super Rugby coaches have urged the need to tweak the laws of the game in order to make the sport fairer and more entertaining for fans. Video / Sky Sport
Liam Napier is a sports writer for NZMELiam.Napier@nzherald.co.nz
James O Connor s quest to join the Chiefs next year is over before it began with Rugby Australia blocking his request for a release.