Alice Soper

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Contributing Sports Writer·nzme·

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Alice Soper is a sports columnist for the Herald on Sunday. A former provincial rugby player and current club coach, she has a particular interest in telling stories of the emerging world of women's sports.

Team New Zealand has added Josh Armit, Jake Pye, Jo Aleh, and Seb Menzies to its America’s Cup sailing team.
The announcement was made at the Team New Zealand base in Auckland.

In sport, we understand that in order to be great you must work for it. Raw talent alone isn’t enough to carry you to the top. Programming must be deployed alongside any identified potential to develop champions. Work is needed to align talent with opportunity to eventually secure results. We