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New Zealand
UMRFC's international relationship with Poneke FC
Join Thomas and Travis as they continue the exchange program learning about rugby and New Zealand while having the time of their lives.
First Match Back
After a month off due to my separated shoulder I had my first match back yesterday as we played Avalon in the last match of the round,...
Travis Dantzer
Jul 14, 20191 min read
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Shoulder Setbacks
Both Thomas and I suffered pretty severe shoulder injuries. He's decided to head home as a result of this. I likely won't play any more...
Travis Dantzer
Jun 21, 20191 min read
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Back from Queenstown
We started working at Challenge 2000 on Wednesday. Challenge is primarily a youth outreach / counseling organization that also does some...
Travis Dantzer
Jun 16, 20191 min read
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Queenstown Day 5 (Monday, June 10)
Lord of the Rings tour! This is probably the nerdiest thing I've done in years but I enjoyed the heck out of it. I just started...
Travis Dantzer
Jun 16, 20191 min read
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Queenstown Day 4 (Sunday, June 9)
I go to Mass at a tiny old church called St. Joseph's before Thomas and I meet up for a late breakfast. I finally get to go skydiving! My...
Travis Dantzer
Jun 15, 20191 min read
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Queenstown Day 3 (Saturday, June 8)
I was supposed to go skydiving today but it got called off for weather. So Thomas and I went up the gondola and hit the luge track. It...
Travis Dantzer
Jun 15, 20191 min read
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Queenstown Day 2 (Friday, June 7)
Adrienne's brother hooked us up with a discounted Milford Sound (it's actually a fjord) tour which consisted of a four hour charter bus...
Travis Dantzer
Jun 15, 20191 min read
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Upper Hutt Rams
We've spent most of our time the past week lifting and working laboring jobs around Wellington. Saturday we played the Upper Hutt Rams, a...
Travis Dantzer
Jun 6, 20191 min read
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Queenstown Day 1 (Thursday, June 6)
After a beautiful flight in seeing snow-capped mountains we landed in Queenstown in late morning. After checking in at our hostel we...
Travis Dantzer
Jun 6, 20191 min read
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