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Movie night funds sevens trip
There is only a slight parallel between the 1993 film Cool Runnings which depicts the Jamaican bobsleigh team’s efforts to get to the 1988 Winter Olympics and a team of college girls from Taupō heading to Hong Kong to play sevens.
100 years of Reporoa Rugby Club
It’s been so long since the Reporoa Rugby Club started there is speculation over exactly where the first field used to be.
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