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Poverty Bay backs approach that encourages development

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RUGBY

NORTH Harbour rugby has made national headlines with plans to abolish school rep teams, but such ideas are not new at Poverty Bay.

Josh Willoughby, chief executive of Poverty Bay Rugby Football Union, said the union abolished its under-13 representative team last year.

Instead the union had “invested’ in the McDonald’s Under-13 tournament, which focused on player and coach development.

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