Snapshop Quotes “Maybe you can’t prevent accidents, accidents happen anyway. But when they happen to have people who are helping you, who actually care about you… it was awesome … and just like that, they helped us.” “The Rugby Foundation are part of our whānau … They’re part of you and yourself really and when you do catch up with them, it’s like you were chatting yesterday… there’s no you know, there’s no warmup period or anything. It’s just G’day, how ya going, big hugs and you pick up where you left off. If it’s not family, it’s pretty bloody close friends.” “I’ve always loved rugby and now I love the Foundation.” “I’m not an anti rugby person in any way, shape or form. I’m anti on the ones who are still trying to cover it all up. But I still think that Rugby’s a great game. And that it would be a shame if it was altered severely to the point where it’s not what it is now. That’s the physical game and that’s what we pride ourselves on in the game – the physicality and the brutality of it.” “You feel more involved, because you’re a subgroup, you kind of feel like, you’re not really closer to the All Blacks, but there’s a lot of ex All Blacks on the board and they seem to go out of their way to help or to do something to look after you.” “When people ask, I just say, look, we’re we donate to this charity because I believe it’s a good charity, I believe it’s, it does what it says on the tin.” “I liked the fact that they were trying to think outside the box and how to generate another income stream so they didn’t have to rely so much on luncheons and dinners.” “I feel the Rugby Foundation is a good thing, yeah, because it’s kind of kind of makes you feel that they care. Yeah, the rugby union and the rugby community care for you.” 36 ANNUAL REPORT 2024 “Meeting and getting to know the VIPs, hearing their stories and understanding how they are adapting and changing to life after their accident is inspiring and important to donors.”
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