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With NZ captain DJ Forbes

A Beginner's Guide To Surviving The International Rugby Sevens

February 5th 2012
The seven-player form of the sport rugby union is helpfully also known simply as '7s'. National teams compete in a globetrotting tournament series which stops in nine countries and six continents. With less than half the number of players that run onto the field in the traditional format of the game, yet still played in the same sized arena, the pace is hectic. It's no surprise t ... read more
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New Zealand Flag The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year... ... read more
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15th February 2012

Is there any truth to the suspicion that the cut underneath Forbes' eye resulted from you coercing him to pose for this photograph?
16th February 2012

None at all - he didn't take much persuading ;-)

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