WELLINGTON: Rugby is arguably one of New Zealand's most popular religions and it at least one church agrees, with Sunday services scrapped next month in favour of watching the All Blacks on their Grand Slam tour of Britain and Ireland.
“A lot of people are going to watch the All Black games on Sunday morning, so we figured if we can't beat 'em, join 'em,” said Pastor Russell Embling at the Greerton Bible Church in the North Island coastal town of Tauranga.
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