Innholdsfortegnelse for June 2017 i Rugby World

A lot has been made about how the new directives on high tackles are forcing players to make tackles lower, thereby introducing their heads to the hardest part of the ball-carrier’s body – the hip area. What this fails to take into account is that in the days of yore tackling was all about taking the legs. The mantra was “they can’t run without their legs” – and it is as true today as it was then. In learning how to tackle correctly, one key part was where to put your head and it was drilled into players that when you executed a tackle the result was the opponent being grounded with you finishing on top and unhurt. The introduction of professionalism then saw an influx of rugby league defence…

@welshandproud75 Moriarty will surprise a few doubters! @Arnutt7 Irish strength is forwards and half-backs Matt Boone These fellas can play. Ought to be entertaining Elaine Holbrook Where the hell is Launchbury! @IanPBuckingham Captain injured, AWJ chosen to compensate. Halfpenny no form. But Moriarty, Sinckler, Stander exciting! @khiambarry Strong. Te’o & Payne a surprise. Launchbury unlucky @SJESomervail Dan Biggar picked over Finn Russell. How? Greg Rees Why is it a surprise that there are so many Welsh? It’s what Gatland knows Stephen Taylor Could be way better, sorry @James_LiamBrown A few contentious calls but on the whole good. Difficult job for Gatland @rookieb73 Ridiculous bias against Scots @GethinPearce Worried about only five second-rows. That’s a heavy workload position, and with two games a week Gregory Chew Most interesting selection is Te’o.…

RYAN CONBEER SCARLETS AGE 18 COUNTRY WALES POSITION WING How did you get involved in rugby? My whole family is into rugby and I started at Tenby U9 doing tag. Then at U12 level Tenby folded so I went to Narberth and was there through to the U16s. Have you always played on the wing? I tried centre but I didn’t really like it, so I’ve stuck to the wing. I just prefer being out wide. Did you play any other sports? I was quite into football and played centre-back until I was 15 or 16. But I preferred rugby and I got called up to Scarlets U16 so stuck with that. What Scarlets and Wales sides have you represented? I got capped for the U16s after playing for the…

FRI 28 APRIL Aviva Premiership Harlequins v Wasps (7.45) TV Live on BT Sport Newcastle v Worcester (8) Guinness Pro12 Cardiff Blues v Zebre (7.05) TV Live on BBC Wales Edinburgh v Dragons (7.35) Leinster v Glasgow (7.35) Super Rugby H’landers v Stormers (8.35) TV Live on Sky Sports 2 GK IPA Championship Ealing v Yorkshire Carn SAT 29 APRIL Asia Championship Japan v Korea Aviva Premiership Exeter v Northampton (3) TV Live on BT Sport Leicester v Sale (3pm) Saracens v Bristol (3pm) Guinness Pro12 Ospreys v Ulster (3pm) TV Live on Sky/BBC NI Treviso v Munster (7pm) Connacht v Scarlets (7.35) Top 14 Bayonne v Grenoble Bordeaux-Bègles v Toulon Castres v Toulouse La Rochelle v Montpellier Lyon v Clermont Auvergne Pau v Brive Stade Français v Racing 92…

THE PLAY works out perfectly. Just before the hour mark of the All Blacks’ final game of the 2016 Rugby Championship, against South Africa, they score a sumptuous try that sums up how articulate a Kiwi attack can be. From a ruck left of centre-field, scrum-half TJ Perenara throws a short pass right to No 12 Ryan Crotty. He sends the ball behind a flat runner, prop Owen Franks, to hit fly-half Beauden Barrett. Picking up pace and running towards his 2 o’clock, the ball is now six strides from the right-hand 15m line with four runners Barrett can pick out. In his eyeline, the Boks look like a set of broken teeth, with Lood de Jager scrambling, Juan de Jongh too far into no-man’s land and Pieter-Steph du Toit…

THE LIONS are in the limelight, but on 10 May even they must step off stage as the draw for the 2019 World Cup takes place in Japan. The Kyoto State Guest House, scene of last year’s G7 summit, is the setting and all eyes will be on Argentina, who having lost the game of musical chairs in the world rankings loom as the ones to avoid from the Band Three nations It’s the first time the draw is being held outside Britain or Ireland and will trigger the match schedule and ticketing process. “It’s the moment when teams and fans really start to plan for their Rugby World Cup 2019 experience,” says World Rugby chairman Bill Beaumont. Some 400,000 overseas visitors are expected to attend RWC 2019 and doubtless…

How pleased have you been with Yorkshire Carnegie’s season? There have only been two games where we let ourselves down, with our urgency and desire. Otherwise we’ve been very consistent with our performances and core skills and execution. I’ve been delighted by the way players have conducted themselves and it’s shown how much they care. Are there any standout young players? Ross Graham, the Scotland hooker, has had a few injuries but is someone who can kick on. Josh Bainbridge, Max Green, Max Wright and Lewis Boyce, who has signed for Harlequins, all have big futures. You’re leaving Carnegie at the end of the season… Yes, I’m going to work for AFEX, a company that deals with foreign-exchange handling fees. I’ll have two main areas: sports – such as players…

CRABBIE’S SEVENS FACT NORTON IS NEW NUMBER ONE Dan Norton is now the top try-scorer in series history, with 249. The England speedster overtook Kenya’s Collins Injera in Hong Kong and is second in this season’s table, with 39.…

CLUB FOCUS CHOBHAM More than 1,000 players pull on their boots every weekend at Chobham, who take pride in the club’s vision of “community rugby at its best”. DoR David Page said: “It’s doubtful whether the original founders at the Four Horseshoes pub could have envisaged a club of 2,000 members that we have today. We aim to remain at the heart of the community. An army of volunteers run the club.” To celebrate Chobham’s 50th anniversary this season, the first XV, who play in One South, have been wearing replica 1967 playing shirts. That’s not all. Rugby chairman Vince Kerr said: “We want to find new and creative ways to reach out and give extra opportunities for every part of the membership, so that families as a whole will…

TO CONQUER the world from fly-half you need a lot of weapons in your arsenal. Naturally, kicking and distribution skills are a must, but you also have to be prepared for back-row punishers hunting you down all game. You need to attack the gain-line. You have to do your defensive duties. You have to be conditioned enough to mentally process late in a game. It’s a tough balancing act, for sure. For these reasons, the stand-off needs to condition the body for versatility, flexibility and endurance. To the left are some exercises that, when done together, work out your whole body – collated by our pals at Performance Pro Gym in London. They have also concocted a fitness challenge that stretches the lungs as well as the legs. Push your…

YOU CAN never tire of reading about the 1971 Lions, whose nail-biting series win forced New Zealand to revolutionise their approach to counter-attacking and scrummaging. Four decades on, the rest of the world is paying the consequences. Tom English and Peter Burns take us through the tour blow by blow in marvellously evocative fashion. The story is told partly in the words of the players, All Blacks as well as Lions, and there are surprises. We’ve long known about Sid Going’s surliness but aren’t used to swipes at Carwyn James. “I thought he got quite a lot wrong,” says Lions centre John Spencer, one of those condemned to a back-up role on the epic 26-match crusade. Sadly, many of the participants are no longer with us but their views sing…

Four years after the British & Irish Lions triumphed in Australia, Warren Gatland is now hoping to lead the team to their first back-to-back series wins for 43 years. As the tour draws ever closer and the excitement builds, Rugby World have produced this in-depth guide to celebrate the old and the new of the Lions. We’ve delved into the archives to select brilliant images from previous tours and pinpoint notable statistics, while we also had a long selection meeting to pick our Greatest Lions XV – will you agree with our team? As for the Class of 2017, we profile Gatland and his coaches as well as look at six key areas in the All Blacks v Lions Test series. Plus, there is a travel guide to all seven…

15. JPR WILLIAMS WALES, 8 LIONS CAPS 1971-74 It takes a special performer to become identifiable by three initials, but it was far more than ‘JPR’ that canonised this full-back into the legend of Welsh and Lions rugby. A full-blooded approach, allied to flowing hair and prominent sideburns, made the surgeon an unmistakable figure on the field, and he played in 29 games for the Lions, starting 27 of them, on the tours of the early Seventies. In 1974, Williams was a core member of the ‘Invincibles’ outfit that beat South Africa 3-0. Three years earlier, his monster drop-goal had salvaged a 14-14 draw against New Zealand in Auckland, securing the series 2-1. Coach Carwyn James poetically portrayed what JPR brought to his Lions team: “Like a forest animal he…

SEE Snow! The International Antarctic Centre is both educational and fun. As well as getting an insight into the wildlife and plants on that continent, you can see penguins and huskies, experience the world’s first indoor Antarctic storm and go for a ride on the amphibious, all-terrain Hagglund. Adults $39, children $29; iceberg.co.nz DO Book a helicopter trip. This is a pricey activity but provides an opportunity to see the area from the air, be it the city itself, or the mountains or coastline nearby – you may even have All Blacks legend Richie McCaw as your pilot. There are various packages and the City Scenic gives a bird’s-eye perspective of the damage caused by the earthquake in 2011 and the rebuilding work. $299pp; christchurch helicopters.co.nz EAT Farm produce. Christchurch…

WITH SHORT PREPARATION GATLAND HAS PICKED A SQUAD AROUND WHICH HE CAN MOULD HIS BRAND OF RUGBY QUICKEST AFTER WHAT seemed like an interminable wait, head coach Warren Gatland finally named his 41-man squad to tour New Zealand between 3 June and 8 July. As ever the squad choices provoked vociferous debate among rugby fans, but what do the selections tell us about how the British & Irish Lions intend to register their first series win over the All Blacks since Carwyn James’s 1971 tourists? STYLE OF PLAY Gatland has preached a muscular brand of rugby at Test and domestic level for well over a decade, where powerful ball-carriers consistently wrap around the corner towards tiring opponents until a space is created, in order to capitalise. It has brought great…

ROGER UTTLEY AGE 67 POSITION BACK-ROW TEST HONOURS ENGLAND & 1974 LIONS I was director of PE at Harrow for 26 years. I taught Damian Hopley, Gareth Rees and Fraser Waters. Of today’s crop, Owen Farrell’s mental resilience impresses me. I take a huge interest in rugby still. It needs to uphold the values that make it special. Winning cannot be seen as the only criteria to success. Sport was a huge part of my development. Before rugby, I was into basketball and cycling. It gave me a decent engine. I’m riding from Wellington to Auckland between the Lions Tests. It’s for the Ride of the Legends charity. Peter Winterbottom, Ian Jones, Shane Byrne and Ian Kirkpatrick are joining me. I help run a series of activity camps near Biarritz.…

GONE IS PRE-SEASON, TIME TO RECOVERI FROM NIGGLES AND GET IN GOOD SHAPEI THIS IS a rough schedule for an England player come 2019-20: July-Aug pre-World Cup training;Sept-OctWorld Cup; Nov-JunePremiership/European season with club;Feb-MarchSix Nations;Julytwo-Test tour;August five weeks off;Septstart of season. Yes, World Cup years put extra strain on the scheduling, but the arrival of the integrated global calendar in 2019 brings with it a couple of big changes. Firstly, the Test window will move from June to July – there will be three-Test tours in every year bar the one after a World Cup. Secondly, Premiership Rugby will continue to start their season in September but the final will move to late June. It doesn’t mean that players will be playing more games – the cap will remain – but…

IT WAS brilliant to play for Wales, absolutely, and it was great to play for the Barbarians, but the ultimate selection was to be asked to be a member of the British & Irish Lions team. Every rugby player’s dream. Financially, it was a far cry from the professional world of today’s Lions, who stand to earn upwards of £60,000 each if they win the Test series and have every conceivable need taken care of by the coaching and support staff. In 1959, we had no coaches, no back-up staff and we looked after our own kit. I gave up my timber business to go on the tour and we were paid a paltry 50p a day, which was not much even back then, and we were away for five…

HERE ARE a few things you probably know about Garry Ringrose: he won the 2013 Leinster Senior Cup with Blackrock College; he was nominated for the World Junior Player of the Year award in 2014; he won his first cap against Canada last November and scored his first Test try against Australia two weeks later; he’s formed an exciting midfield partnership with Robbie Henshaw for Leinster and Ireland; oh, and he’s been hailed as the new Brian O’Driscoll. Here are a few things you might not know about Garry Ringrose: he played football until he was 16; he only started to play at outside-centre in his last year at school; he can goalkick; he’s put on nearly 20kg (3st 2lb) since leaving school; he’s studying for a degree in business…

ABBOTS, FRIARS and Monks already roamed the portals of Reading Abbey RFC, so it didn’t take long to name the women’s team that started life there four years ago. Abbey Nuns’ short existence has been a triumphant one, with a year of consolidation sandwiched by two promotion-winning campaigns. Not until April, when falling 12-3 to two late Lewes tries in the Junior Cup final, did Nuns lose a game this season. By then the National Challenge South-East West One title was in the bag, an achievement founded on a pre-season sevens diet that yielded trophies at the West Country, Bristol, Southampton and Frome events. “It upped our handling skills as well as our fitness,” says fly-half and teacher Annette Tomas, “and meant that at the start of the season we…

AT THIS time in the rugby calendar, the debate around the possibility of a women’s Lions tour gets an inevitable airing. So who would make the grade if there was a Lionesses tour to New Zealand this year? Here’s our 37-player squad… BACK THREE Niamh Briggs (Ire), Alison Miller (Ire), Chloe Rollie (Sco), Lydia Thompson (Eng), Danielle Waterman (Eng), Kay Wilson (Eng) Waterman is one of the first names on the team sheet for her footwork and pace. But she would be pushed hard for the No 15 shirt by Briggs, who has a superior kicking game and experience of beating New Zealand. Miller would surely start on one wing, leaving up-and-coming Rollie vying with two of England’s best finishers for the other spot. CENTRES Jenny Murphy (Ire), Sene Naoupu…

CLUB FOCUS HINCKLEY Paul Walsh, Hinckley’s DoR for ten years, will be missed when crossing the Channel in July with his French wife Elodie to take over his in-laws’ manor house in Brittany and coach “just for fun but not as a job” at Saint-Nazaire. George Chuter, the ex-England hooker, is stepping into his boots at the Two North club. Walsh, from South Shields, got his Level Four coaching award in 2007 and has coached Leicestershire since 2010, having been England U18 backs coach for three years. He was director of sport at Welbeck College before becoming DoR at Nottingham University. Between that and his club work, he is full-time. Hinckley, promoted a year ago, are “vibrant and forward-thinking” in his words. Last September, England head coach Eddie Jones opened…

CLUB FOCUS CHELTENHAM SARACENS An injury crisis has not daunted Saracens, who settled into the top six in Gloucester Premier under the coaching guidance of Gloucester fly-half Billy Burns and flanker Jacob Rowan. Chairman and fixture secretary Jimmy O’Shea, who has been with the club for 35 years, said: “Ten years ago we broke away from a sports club and with no clubhouse we almost folded. Now we call ourselves the ‘Club of Dreams’. All players are treated the same. “Opening our own clubhouse at King George V Playing Fields goes down as the biggest achievement in our 42-year history, alongside our sides climbing the league structure. We run three senior teams, have two pitches and a junior playing area for our U14 side. We also hope to start another…

Age 28 (23 Sept 1988) Born Harare, Zimbabwe Club Exeter Honours Saxons Position Back-row A RUPTURED KNEE ligament marred the early part of Don Armand’s season, but he’s back at full throttle for the Aviva Premiership semi-finals. He tells us about his journey from Harare to Devon… I’m Zimbabwean born and bred. Mum and Dad were farmers; they grew hypericum, an ornamental plant with red berries and small yellow flowers. They’d ship them off to Holland for distribution in Europe. I started rugby at about seven. At Highlands Junior School in Harare. My first coach was Debbie Cairns, who taught me to love the game and that you have to work hard to play rugby – it’s not a game where you can just run on the field and play.…

STEVE BORTHWICK FORWARDS COACH A former England captain and holder of the appearances record in the Premiership (265), Borthwick saw his standing as a coach rocket after helping Eddie Jones mastermind Japan’s win over South Africa at RWC 2015. He soon joined up with Jones again in the England back-room team, where he’s overseen a record winning run. The quietly-spoken Borthwick, 37, is famed for his meticulous nature and obsession with the lineout. GRAHAM ROWNTREE SCRUM COACH Rowntree, the first club coach to be appointed since 1997, suffered a significant blow with England’s 2015 World Cup fallout. Yet the former Leicester prop, who won 54 England caps and represented the Lions in 1997 and 2005, is rebuilding his reputation at Harlequins. He resumes a Lions role having coached in 2009…

TURN OF THE CENTURY The Lions played their 100th Test on their previous visit to New Zealand – the 21-3 loss inChristchurch. BAT & BALL The first Lions in 1888 played a game of cricket against Canterbury at Lancaster Park. The tourists included three England cricket captains in Andrew Stoddart, Arthur Shrewsbury and James Lillywhite. It finished as a draw. ENGLISHMAN IN NZ The last Englishman to captain a Lions tour to New Zealand was Doug Prentice in 1930. Since then eight Celts – four Irishmen, two Welshmen and two Scots – have had the honour. A CASE IN POINTS The Lions’ record win in New Zealand is the 109-6 hammering inflicted on Manawatu in 2005. Shane Williams scored five of the Lions’ 17 tries against a side made up…

SEE Lots of movie memorabilia. Weta Workshop have been working in cinema since the 1980s, producing props, costumes and much more for films including AvatarandPowerRangers. Now you can go behind the scenes to find out how the creative process works and see designs up close. From adults $25, children 6-12 $12; wetaworkshop.com DO Head to the Mount Victoria Lookout. It’s 196 metres high and offers panoramic views of the city, harbour and more. You can drive, get a bus or follow the walkway through the forest. Then soak up the sights from all angles at the top – you could even take a picnic. EAT Local. There are myriad restaurants in Wellington and The Larder (thelarder.co.nz) is one of the best. They aim to “source food locally and directly from…

Who are the jokers at Glasgow? Ryan Wilson is up there. He’s always keen for a laugh. I find Jon Welsh incredibly entertaining too. He’s at Newcastle now but is around the Scotland camp and makes me laugh. Any practical jokes? Stuart Hogg is easy to scare so a lot of the time it’s trying to scare him. John Barclay put videos on Twitter during the Six Nations of him scaring Hoggy – they were good. Hoggy tries to get people back but no one reacts like him. What are your nicknames? ‘Stern’ has been kicking around since my time at Ulster. It started from a vicious rumour that I’m grumpy! I’m fortunate it’s not used too much. What’s the harshest nickname? Duncan Weir gets called ‘Boggy’ because his head/hair…

LIONS AND TIGERS. Both are prevalent in Kieran Read’s life right now. The first is obvious – the best players from Britain and Ireland head to New Zealand in a few weeks’ time for a ten-match tour that includes three Tests against the All Blacks, now led by Read – but the second is not so. Don’t worry, you haven’t missed another team being added to the Super Rugby roster with the moniker ‘Tigers’. In fact, this has nothing to do with rugby at all and is more focused on his family life. Read and his wife Bridget welcomed a son, Reuben, in January, a brother for their daughters Elle, six, and Eden, four. As well as bouncing on the trampoline and going on the swings, it transpires that the…

THE MUSICAL Chicago features lowly Amos Hart belting out a number all of his own. In it, the downtrodden husband of the story’s main character proclaims he should be called Mister Cellophane as people can “look right through me, walk right by me, and never know I’m there”. Everyone knows who Dan Cole is – the tighthead prop has been tattooed in Leicester’s green, red and white since 2008 and has played 74 Tests for England, notably starting every one of England’s recent record 18 wins in a row. Yet he has his detractors those who feel he isn’t sexy enough an option for Eddie Jones’s rock-star side. You may assume he can sometimes feel underappreciated, like poor Amos Hart. But if you know anything about Leicester products, you will…

MENTION SCHALK BURGER to most casual rugby fans and they’ll mention the unruly thatch of blond hair. In his formative years, Burger was omnipresent on the field, tracking the ball like a shaggy-haired heat-seeker before eviscerating his target. He was a new breed of flanker, hitting rucks with gusto and knocking attackers back in their tracks, rising from contact with a grin before searching for his next victim. He bowed out of Test rugby after the 2015 World Cup as the most-capped Springbok back-row of all time and, after finishing his dual contract with Suntory Sungoliath and his beloved Stormers, he chose to see out his career in England with Saracens. Meeting Burger in St Albans, the old toothy smile is still there, although the signature surfer’s hair has been…

“HOPEFULLY COMMON SENSE WILL PREVAIL” LEWIS EVANS passed a milestone in March against Ulster. He was the first Newport Gwent Dragon to reach the 200-match mark, yet the game brought another frustrating home loss for a side that has had little to cheer this season. Evans, captain since taking over from Luke Charteris in 2012, is stoic. But there is little doubt that the backdrop of uncertainty that has hung over the region this season has been a hindrance. A year ago, CEO Stuart Davies said the region was open to investment, hopeful that a benefactor would emerge – this after Tony Brown admitted he’d sunk £10m into the side since it went professional. Yet despite reported interest, there was to be no sugar daddy and last month the WRU…

“ YOU NEVER KNOW, WE COULD WIN THE WORLD SERIES ONE DAY ” WATCH ENOUGH of the Sevens Series and you might not be able to stop yourself bracing whenever you see the USA’s Danny Barrett get the ball, such is the ferocity of his close-quarter carrying. He is well known for bouncing would-be tacklers. However, the Californian doesn’t want to be considered a wrecking ball and nothing else. “I’ve had some pretty good growth since I started,” Barrett tells Rugby World. “Hong Kong was my 30th series tournament and I think I’ve shown that I’ve got a bit more finesse to my game. Maybe people think of my physical (play) – it’s about putting each other in the best possible position and maybe that comes from me running hard.…

CLUB FOCUS WEST BRIDGFORD An impressive coaching team is just part of West Bridgford’s assets on and off the field. The Two East (North) club’s head man Toby Freeman plays at lock for Nottingham in the Greene King IPA Championship and backs mentor Gareth Kerr, a Bridgford wing/centre, was previously with Newcastle Falcons’ academy. Prop and captain Steven Corban is a converted centre and has been involved with the club for ten years. Team manager Graeme Gunn said: “He offers immense leadership and understands back and forward play. Our league status is the highest we’ve reached and our women’s team play at Level Two.” Bridgford run three senior sides, a vets’ XV and a summer sevens squad, along with 300 mini-juniors. The first team lifted the Three Counties Shield in…

CLUB FOCUS YORK RAILWAY INSTITUTE Pride in performance has been the stimulus for RI’s men and women, the latter unbeaten winners of the North Two East title under captain Shannon Little. England wing Ruth Laybourn is among their products and two others, Freya Wilde and Tasmin Putt, now play with her at Darlington Mowden Park Sharks. On the male front, RI, led by hooker Fraser Land, have played well against the top sides in Yorkshire Four but not so against lower-ranked ones. Player-coach Dan Coates is supported by backs specialist and development officer Richard Francis, who is also building the junior section. They are now adding U16, U14 and U12 teams to the existing U15 and U13 sides. Back in 1962, RI were Yorkshire Cup finalists and this year they…

1 SQUAD HARMONY You may think it gets overplayed, with talk on previous tours of the odd selection being made with morale in mind. But six weeks in each other’s pockets is a long time and you can’t fill every minute with analysis, practice and speeches. You have to get on with each other. And you can’t fake this. It’s the toughest thing to get right, but if you’ve spent four-and-a-half weeks with a group and still want to throw your body in front of a kick for their sake, you’ve cracked it. 2 DISCIPLINE When Ireland beat New Zealand last year, one of the hallmarks of the clash was New Zealand’s criminality compared to the Irish – they conceded 12 penalties to Ireland’s four and prop Joe Moody saw…

SEE The views from the Sky Tower – the focal point of the Auckland skyline. For the adventurous, you can walk around the outside of the observation deck (right, $145) and jump off it ($225)! Or simply take in the 360-degree views from 220 metres above street level – on a clear day you can see up to 80km! Adults $29, children 6-14 $12; skycityauckland.co.nz/attractions/sky-tower/ DO Take a boat trip. Whether it’s a cruise around the harbour, a short hop to Devonport or a day out on Waiheke Island (be sure to include a wine-tasting here), it would be rude to come to Auckland and not get out on the water! You can even book an America’s Cup sailing experience – find out more about the options here: aucklandnz.com/things-to-do/category/boat-cruises EAT…

SEE Hamilton Gardens. The city’s old rubbish dump has been transformed into a series of themed gardens – from Tudor to Modernist and Italian to Chinese – that won the International Garden of the Year award in 2014. Free entry; hamiltongardens.co.nz DO Visit Hobbiton. You don’t have to be a Lord of the Rings or Hobbit fanatic to enjoy a tour of the movie set in Matamata – less than an hour from Hamilton. Check out the level of detail on the hobbit holes in The Shire and sample a specially-brewed beverage in the Green Dragon inn. Adults $79, children 9-16 $39.50, U8s free; hobbitontours.com EAT At Gothenburg. The restaurant’s floor-to-ceiling windows provide a great view of the Waikato River and the sharing plates mean everyone can try what they…

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