PLAY LIKE A GIRL
n a frosty winter morning down at the great Tokoroa Memorial Sports Grounds I stood on the sidelines watching Nate, my older brother (by 15 months) play rugby for Southern United Rugby Football Club (SURF). Every single Saturday I’d beg my mum to let me play! I was still too young. At only four years old I was determined to get out on that field. But, for now, I was forced to watch these boys who were one year older than me go between honey-potting around the ball and running to the sideline to stand on the towels their parents had laid out for them because their bare feet were so cold they were numb. Let’s be honest - half of
