They are following in the footsteps of their children, Mackenzie and Taylor Haugh and Dayna Turnbull, who have all played touch for New Zealand. Brett Haugh, who left for Australia yesterday, said the duo had always played touch and the children had followed them into the sport. Mackenzie was named the most valuable player for the national mixed touch team last year and Taylor is in the Touch Blacks men's team. ''It just turned out that they got a bit better than us and went into the New Zealand team. Seeing these two achieve their playing ambitions is just reward for the amount of talented Otago juniors they have elevated to become New Zealand players,'' he said.

Source: Otago Daily Times September 12, 2017 17:37 UTC