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Taranaki s Paige Hareb in action at the Surfing New Zealand National Championships at Piha Beach in January.
Paige Hareb and Saffi Vette will face a record field of women at the World Surfing Games as they attempt to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics. However, the Kiwi duo won’t have to overcome all the 120 other women competitors to grab one of the two available places for women in the New Zealand team for Tokyo – nor will they necessarily need a top-10 finish. Some of their competition in El Salvador, starting on Sunday (NZ time), have already qualified to represent their respective nations in Tokyo in July, so Hareb and Vette’s ultimate aim is to be among the top seven unqualified surfers in the women’s field.
Italy have not won a Six Nations game since 2015.
Highlanders co-captain Ash Dixon insists blindside flanker Shannon Frizell is ready to play this week against the Force in Perth.
Frizell was stood down from his side s opening Super Rugby trans-Tasman win over the Reds, after assault allegations.
Tomer Hemed has escaped further punishment for his A-League football goal celebrations which drew attention to the Israel-Palestine conflict.
After netting two goals for the Wellington Phoenix last Sunday, he donned an Israel flag after his first strike and pinned a Hebrew kippah on after the second.
Warriors captain Roger Tuivasa-Sheck s backing coach Nathan Brown s tentative approach with Reece Walsh.