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Seventy teams from across New Zealand will head to Rotorua this March for the 2021 GODZone event. File photo. It piqued the interest of a group of Waikato farmers and a former Auckland rugby player 18 months ago, and they’ve been training since. Hailing from the Matamata-Piako District, Steve Borkin, Rose Carnachan, Kieran Landley and Ben Meyer say they are “more than ready” after the GODZone’s 2019 challenge was postponed due to Covid-19. “It’s been a long time coming,” Borkin told
Stuff. “We don’t really know what we’ve got ourselves into.” The team s private coach encourages training six days a week, including a 12-hour training session on the weekend.