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New Zealand rugby review reveals cultural insensitivity, body shaming
WELLINGTON: New Zealand Rugby's (NZR) chief executive said that the governing body had "to do better" after coaches were found to have made culturally insensitive comments to the country's top women players and indulged in favouritism and body shaming.