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

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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] 2 points 1 year ago

The Stanley Cup (North American hockey trophy) has a full-time caretaker who travels with it. Every member of the winning team gets some time with it. They can show it off in their home town, eat their breakfast cereal out of it, whatever. It's probably seen a lot of white powder. But this guy is always there to take care of it. And to wash it. Often multiple times per day.

They recognized the consequences of sending the trophy traveling like they do, and instead of switching to a replica or something they got it a bodyguard.

These kind of trophies that travel are the best. So much more interesting than the ones that sit in display cases all the time. But you have to either dump resources into protecting it or be willing to replace/repair when necessary.