They may kick differently shaped balls and be literally worlds apart, but there is a strong connection between the Switzerland team that played in the Fifa Women’s World Cup and the Maniototo Rugby Club, better known as the Maggots.
Maniototo Rugby Club president Tim O’Neill said the club bought the barely used equipment following the Fifa event with funds raised in June at the club’s 25th jubilee celebrations.
It would be stored at the Maniototo Area School to be used by the school and all of the community, he said.
