15 Sep 2022

Auckland Blues donate rugby boots to Tongan schoolkids

From Checkpoint, 5:59 pm on 15 September 2022

Some school children in Tonga have received donated rugby boots from the Blues.

Representatives from the Auckland-based rugby team travelled to Nuku'alofa to deliver 20,000 pairs of donated boots, shoes and sports equipment.

It's part of the club's Best Foot Forward for Tonga initiative. The group also visited some of the areas worst hit in the eruption and tsunami in January.

One school they visited used to have 400 students, but now only has 100 because some students are still fearful of going to school so close to the water.

The sports equipment was delivered to 30 schools across the island.