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Many of the England girls have stored up their annual holidays or negotiated unpaid leave to take a 12 weeks off to prepare properly and then compete. New Zealand prop Ruth McKay has had to arrange cover at her farm near Hunterville, where she is head shepherd. I wonder if she walks around with a sheep under each arm à la Colin Meads. Everybody out there plays for the love of the game. Physically that game has been transformed in recent years.