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EOYT: Wales vs New Zealand, 24/11/2012
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<blockquote data-quote="Tony Manx" data-source="post: 539469" data-attributes="member: 50236"><p>Totally agree but then the whole structure of rugby in NZ leads from birth through to tpp class rugby where the best players are encouraged and pushed toward the AB shirt. This has added impetus when, as a young lad, you see what the AB's have achieved in playing terms if only one RWC (no one can count the first amateur jamboree!!) and the esteem the players, current and ex, are held in by the Kiwi's and now the wealth they create by being AB's or coming to the NH for their nest eggs!!</p><p></p><p>This is totally different in the Uk where rugby is hardly played in schools and football and celebrity status are seen by the youth of today as the way to fame and fortune!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tony Manx, post: 539469, member: 50236"] Totally agree but then the whole structure of rugby in NZ leads from birth through to tpp class rugby where the best players are encouraged and pushed toward the AB shirt. This has added impetus when, as a young lad, you see what the AB's have achieved in playing terms if only one RWC (no one can count the first amateur jamboree!!) and the esteem the players, current and ex, are held in by the Kiwi's and now the wealth they create by being AB's or coming to the NH for their nest eggs!! This is totally different in the Uk where rugby is hardly played in schools and football and celebrity status are seen by the youth of today as the way to fame and fortune! [/QUOTE]
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