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He always says, ‘I’m an alcoholic, I chose this life’, and everything. So it wasn’t as big a deal for Dad did as it was for Mum.” She’s spoken to some players who think they have given up too early; others perhaps held on for too long.

My biggest takeaway from this book is loving people who are a little hard to love, and recognising that many people are doing the best with the tools they have been given. And what a crazy and beautiful thing to be raised in two diffferent cultures. I stood in the sports section, and I searched and searched. I pulled out book after book, but there wasn't a single biography on a Kiwi female in the whole section. I eventually found an autobiography of Billie Jean King, a famous white American tennis player who did amazing things, but that was it. If you go to a rugby tournament [overseas] and sing ‘Tūtira Mai Ngā Iwi…’, about six people in the crowd turn around and go ‘Aue!’ That’s how you can find the Kiwis. So, it’s always been in and around rugby life to me. There was no doubt in my mind it would work.On 15 July, the day PR7s stages a western conference event in San Jose, California, a separate professional sevens competition is due to take place at the Red Bull Arena in New Jersey. Anyway the conversation between Tui and co-hosts Melanie Bracewell (another kiwi) and Tim McDonald was very tongue-in-cheek. Laugh-a-minute stuff. Ruby Tui with the Rugby World Cup - won in an extra-tense final against England. Photo / Hannah Peters, Getty Images

She accepts her “crazy” high profile. “I’ve really got to stand next to those who champion our sport, and that’s within New Zealand Rugby itself.”

She is philosophical about whether rugby, a sport fighting concussion lawsuits and blighted by failing financial models, is in need of more authentic players such as her, instead emphasising how the women’s and men’s games can cohabit the same space. There has never been a more important time for independent journalism to come to the fore. Newsroom is independently owned and run by journalists. We place journalist integrity above all else. I’ve been asking myself that question a lot lately and [the answer], fortunately, continues to be yes.” That day with Lesh, it still stands as one of the best days of my whole life — like God had heard me and gifted me this new best friend. She was connecting with Dad for the first time, so suddenly she was like an addition to my life with Dad. Her last breath really stayed with me … and I'll probably never forget that was her last breath. And we were there, you know.

Until just before this book was published, most people didn't know the truth of Ruby's childhood. I'll leave it for you to discover in this book - other than at the end there is just the slightest tinge of bitterness when she says; I loved her being there. We hung out there in the basement and I’d just want to be with her all the time, whatever she was doing. Lesh, like me, wanted happy families, but it was never that simple with our dad.

Not only is Ruby a superstar on the field, but she is also one of the greatest ambassadors for rugby and most significant advocates for women’s sports globally.

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