Published: February 01, 2020
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In England’s Premier League overnight Liverpool set a new record for dominance.
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Super Rugby is back for 2020 and Matt McILraith has filed an interesting story on Canterbury’s all-conquering Crusaders.
In the aftermath of the horrific shootings at the Al Noor Mosque and nearby Linwood Islamic Centre in Christchurch last March, which claimed 51 lives, the name of the country’s champion rugby team, taken from the historical crusades of the middle ages, became a lightning rod for the raw emotion the attacks unleashed.
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