Beauden Barrett May Have Pipped Sonny Bill Williams For Nicest Gesture Of The World Cup
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Beauden Barrett is a top man.
Early in the Rugby World Cup, Barrett went to a hairdressers to get a trim. Whilst he was there, he met proprietor Katrina Haberfield and discovered she was a proud and passionate Kiwi.
Haberfield is currently undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer. Battling disease had not stopped her from following New Zealand’s quest to retain the trophy they won in 2011. She had an All Blacks jersey hung on the wall of her salon.
Barrett, according the New Zealand Herald, asked if he could take the jersey back to the New Zealand squad to get it signed.
A greater surprise was to accompany the signed jersey.
Barrett had signed his tournament cap for Haberfield and secured tickets for the final at Twickenham, for both herself and her husband, Steve.
Haberfield went in for another bout of chemo last Thursday but was just about able to take her seat in the Twickenham stands for the showpiece finalé.
No Kiwi was more delighted than she when Barrett chased down Ben Smith’s up-field kick to score the final try in a 34-17 triumph.
“What wonderful men the All Blacks are.”
Barrett, medal-gifter Sonny Bill Williams and company take some beating, on and off the field.
