Women's rugby is not new to Raetihi - this team played at the Raetihi Rugby Football Club's 50th Jubilee, from left: Thelma Thornton, Chanelle Brenan (now Berry), Jessie Seaman, Valda Charmichael (nee Morgan), Rita West. Front: Barbara Vaughan (who married the coach, at right) Punch), Faith Coleman (now Wise), Betty Bryers. The coach is John Punch. Dirty tricks taught to the team included covering the eyes of the opposition in the scrum so they couldn't see the ball!
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Ruapehu Bulletin, Volume 9, Issue 402, 3 September 1991, Page 17
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77Women's rugby is not new to Raetihi - this team played at the Raetihi Rugby Football Club's 50th Jubilee, from left: Thelma Thornton, Chanelle Brenan (now Berry), Jessie Seaman, Valda Charmichael (nee Morgan), Rita West. Front: Barbara Vaughan (who married the coach, at right) Punch), Faith Coleman (now Wise), Betty Bryers. The coach is John Punch. Dirty tricks taught to the team included covering the eyes of the opposition in the scrum so they couldn't see the ball! Ruapehu Bulletin, Volume 9, Issue 402, 3 September 1991, Page 17
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