Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kua oti i a Geoff Cross, te kaitākaro o Rōpū Whakatōhea, tana kohikohi pūtea mō te tau kotahi, i muri i tana kutikuti i te papa whakangungu o tana karapu i te Rātū. He nui te hiahia o te London Irish prop i te wa o te toa o nga Whenua e Ono me te pahau, kua piki ake te £ 10,000 mo te atawhai a nga tamariki a te Rugby Wooden Spoon - i whakatapua ki te whakarereke i nga oranga o nga tamariki me nga taiohi o nga Moutere o Ingarangi na roto i te rugby. Kei te awhina ano hoki ana mahi ki te kohi moni mo tana hoa karapu o mua i Edinburgh, a John Houston, e rapu ana i te £ 50,000 ki te whakataetae i te Wooden Spoon Arctic Rugby Challenge. Ko ngā whakaahua o mua me muri o Geoff Cross i te wā i tapahia ai te whāurutau o Scotland i te Rātū. E noho ana a Cross i runga i tana nohoanga i a ia e whakarite ana kia haehae i tana pahau ki te papa whakangungu o Ireland o Rānana. Ka āwhina te hoa kapa o Cross, o Rānana, o Īrihi, a Leo Halavatan ki te kuti i te pahau rongonui. Ko ngā mahi a Cross i kohi £10,000 mō te rōpū atawhai tamariki o te whutupōro, ko Wooden Spoon. Ka tīmata i te 15 o Aperira, ko te whāinga o te wero ko te whakatakoto i tētahi rekoata o te ao mō te whakataetae whutupōro ki te raki rawa i roto i te hītori i muri i te haerenga o te 100 maero ki te pou ki te Raki. I te pātai mēnā ko ia tonu te tangata whai pahau nui rawa atu i roto i te whutupaoro, ka mea a Cross: 'Kāore i te mea ki ahau te korero engari he tino whakapehapeha ahau ki a ia. Ko Scotland Cross e whakaahua ana me ona makawe makawe kua wehe i muri i tana whiu i te Turei. E whakaahuahia ana a Cross i te mahi i te tukinga a Scotland ki a Ingarangi i Twickenham. Ka whakaekea e Cross a Tom Wood o Ingarangi ki te whenua i te hinganga o Scotland i Twickenham i te timatanga o tenei marama. E tino harikoa ana taku wahine kei te haere. He tau manawanui tēnei mō taku wahine manawanui.' Hei koha, haere ki justgiving.com/drx.
Ko Geoff Cross i whakairo i tana pahau i te papa whakangungu o Ireland i Rānana. Kua kotahi tau te roa o te makawe o te kaitākaro o Rōpū o Scotland. I whakawhiwhia £ 10,000 ki te kaupapa atawhai a ngā tamariki o te whutupōro, a Wooden Spoon.