![]() ![]() ![]() You get to know the students in a totally different scenery. “I think as a teacher, it helps you grow as a person and a teacher, being involved with your students outside the classroom. Twisting their arms, ‘Are you going to play this year?’ and encouraging them. I had the luxury of being out with the boys at morning intervals and lunchtimes. I think that’s a major strength when you’re developing a first XV or any rugby team. “A lot of those teams were coached by teachers. When it gets to the first XV, that’s the pinnacle you can’t have a successful first XV if you haven’t got some grounding behind it. “During my years at Te Awamutu, they had really strong teams in the junior grades right through,” he says. From 1982-84 the side had a win rate of over 90 per cent. Dennis played a major role in developing Te Awamutu College’s first XV into a champion team, both on and off the park. ![]()
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