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Kite also played all of his junior rugby for Collegiate. “Ratah is a true stalwart of our club, and if Collegiate were too ever to name a club legend it would be him, Roderique said. For many years Collegiate has struggled at the bottom of Southland’s lowest senior divisions. At times the club’s biggest challenge has been getting 15 on the field rather than chasing victories. “I’ve been there through thick and thin, and there have been some thin times,” Kite admitted. “There’s been times when I thought, ‘if we don’t pick up a few more players for the next season the club will be gone’.”
An Auckland couple drove their 1950s Ford Single Spinner down for the event, Pope said.
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The Southern Grilles & Gasoline Car & Bike Show held at Collegiate rugby grounds on Saturday. There was a parade up and down Dee St on Friday night, a show of all the cars with live music and a Rockabilly fashion contest at the Collegiate Rugby Club grounds on Saturday, and then a cruise around western Southland on Sunday. The event had previously been a one-day affair, but Pope said they would look to build on the long weekend event again in 2022. Invercargill was the motor capital of New Zealand at the moment, he said, as motorbikes started to roll into town for the Burt Munro Challenge, beginning Wednesday.