The official channel of the New Zealand Rugby Foundation.
The core work of the Foundation is; 1. Supporting catastrophically injured rugby players financially and emotionally. 2. Fund raising activities and projects 3. Working with New Zealand Rugby to communicate the message of safety first…. Injury prevention advocacy.
No one ever wants to consider the unimaginable; to permanently lose their mobility due to a rugby accident. But sadly, it does occur as in other physical sports and recreational activities. Rugby is a contact sport, but we are all committed, with New Zealand Rugby (NZR) to actively reducing the risks.
NZR in partnership with ACC runs the RugbySmart programme, a world-leading injury prevention programme that helps coaches, referees and players identify safe and good techniques in a variety of situations to better prepare them on the field (for more information visit www.rugbysmart.co.nz).
Howzit, Saffa here. Firstly, thank you NZ for the honour of playing against you guys in a final again after all these years. Irrespective of the outcome, the mutual respect formed over a century ago, still remains. Our two nations are still the dominant rugby teams in the world, and will always be....we might have our down times...whether it is due to coaching staff, injuries etc, but we always bounce back.....we both don't wear these amount of Gold cups on our sleeves for nothing. Perform the Haka with pride...it is part of your culture. Us Saffas will always respect you, our southern hemisphere brothers. I just wish the bloody Aussies would pull their fingers out their arses. Lol. Respect to Los Pumas as well , for their performance during the RWC...it was the best decision ever to include them in what is now the Rugby Championship., and it is lovely to have them in our midst as well. Southern Hemisphere rules. Cheers
