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Speaker 1: We're not letting that get in the way of a

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Speaker 1: big rip of rugby tournaments back at the Ashburton Showgrounds.

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Speaker 1: Morning to you, Kirsty Arps from Mid Canbury Rugby Morning.

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Speaker 1: So what's going on here?

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Speaker 2: It is the finals, So it's our Subway Cup Ripper

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Speaker 2: Rugby Finals, the teams from North Chicago, South Canterbury and

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Speaker 2: MD Canbury the top tens qualifier.

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Speaker 1: So it's not just a Mid Canterbury thing, no, No.

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Speaker 2: The three unions working together, we all take turns of

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Speaker 2: who hosts each year, so it moves around. So last

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Speaker 2: year finals were down in North Icago for the seven

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Speaker 2: and night and South Canbury for the five sixes.

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Speaker 1: So that's tournament that was held a couple of weeks

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Speaker 1: back again at the Showgrounds. Was that like a qualifier essentially?

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Speaker 2: Yes, that was qualifier. So the top four from each

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Speaker 2: of those are coming back today.

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Speaker 1: Right on, how many kids do you expect to be

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Speaker 1: running around today?

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Speaker 2: Our teams have ten and we've got twenty four teams,

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Speaker 2: so roughly around the two hundred and fifty kids today,

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Speaker 2: it's going to.

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Speaker 1: Be a few buses in the car park, right Yeah,

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Speaker 1: So how's it all work?

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Speaker 2: So they come along play seven minute half this game

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Speaker 2: of ropper and then the top of each pool plays

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Speaker 2: the final and then win and takes the cup.

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Speaker 1: That's happening about two thirty two o'clock, two o'clock right,

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Speaker 1: there'll be some proud parents on the banks, that's for sure.

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Speaker 1: What ages are we talking?

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Speaker 2: So? One? Grade? Five? Sixers in the second grade is yes,

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Speaker 2: seven and eight?

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Speaker 1: Cool. It's great to have this in town. Is it

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Speaker 1: going to be a bit of a party atmosphere, like

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Speaker 1: you've got the coffee cart and stuff back?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, the coffee and ice cream truck a.

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Speaker 1: Bet all right?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, so there's definitely that kind of vibe going on.

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Speaker 1: Brilliant, hey, super quick. Great to have senior rugby back,

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Speaker 1: although it must admit it snuck up on me somewhat.

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Speaker 1: The weekend's just been some colorful results from round one.

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Speaker 1: Does it continue this coming weekend?

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Speaker 2: Yes? Yeah, I don't remember all of that. Thing is

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Speaker 2: the way that our fend your bees are at home?

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Speaker 2: They know rugby is differently back on at weekend?

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Speaker 1: Isn't it all go at mid Canterbury Rugby? Or here's

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Speaker 1: to having some fun today with all those kid lits,

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Speaker 1: and I'm sure they will It certainly beats a Maths

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Speaker 1: test run around chasing all those flags at the showgrounds.

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Speaker 1: Go we Our locals. It is twenty seven past eight