Former All Black captain of the battle of Nantes knighted
Wayne “Buck” Shelford, known for his toughness in the game and who captained the New Zealand rugby team in 1985 during the infamous battle of Nantes, was knighted the same day tennis player Ruia Morrison has been made a Dame.
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