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Hawke’s Bay Rugby Union says ‘genuine accident’ cause of broken Ranfurly Shield (www.rnz.co.nz)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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This is an almost 120 year old Rugby Union trophy that got dropped and split in two.

Video referred to in article is on twitter here.

Another article here claiming "white powder" on the shield.

Another image of white powder here.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

There's not a lot of confirmed details out there yet, but from what i've heard suggested the shield was at a party at someone's house. So if they are what they appear to be, the drugs could easily be from friends / associates / friends of friends and not necessarily players.

Perhaps to put it in perspective. The two "cities" that make up the main urban area for Hawkes Bay are Napier (65k) and Hastings (85k). So you're talking about big fish in a small pond, and I can guarantee there wasn't a lot happening after the pubs closed around 2-3am or so in Napier. Which means that any private party players might have gone to afterwards could easily have had all sorts of hangers-on turning up, even though it was at somebodies house.

What has been confirmed though is that one of the players has been charged with drink driving afterwards, which given all the education and strictness around things in NZ is really stupid.