Growing up in a family that struggled to make ends meet wasn’t always easy for All Black Ardie Savea. He remembers envying the kids at school who could afford to buy pies and sausage rolls for lunch, and he often wished his whānau had a car to take him to his early morning rugby games and training sessions.
Yet the rugby star says it was his parents’ hard work and sacrifices that made him who he is today, teaching him the most valuable life lessons of all.
