WHAT IT’S LIKE TO… BE SIGNED AS A SCHOOLBOY
Dec 03, 2019
3 minutes
Words Sarah Mockford
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THE CALL came while he was at school. Clark Laidlaw was offering him a full-time contract with New Zealand Sevens for the next two years. It was a shock. He thought he might be invited down for training but a spot in the squad was unexpected.
“I was pretty overwhelmed,” recalls Jacob Ratumaitavuki-Kneepkens. “It took a bit of time to process that and come to grips with it. I’d have said ‘yes’ right there and then, but I thought I’d better talk to other people first.”
He spoke to his mum and his
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