{"id":26216,"date":"2025-04-17T01:23:08","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T01:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/26216\/"},"modified":"2025-04-17T01:23:08","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T01:23:08","slug":"te-kuitis-jack-fagan-joins-nz-shearing-tour-across-uk-and-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/26216\/","title":{"rendered":"Te K\u016biti\u2019s Jack Fagan joins NZ shearing tour across UK and France"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">This is because the final winner, New Zealand-based Scots international, Gavin Mutch, is ineligible for New Zealand team selection, and runner-up Mark Grainger, of Te K\u016biti, is unable to spare the six weeks away from his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/topic\/king-country\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/topic\/king-country\/\">King Country<\/a> farm, due to drought ravaging the region.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Grainger\u2019s father, Paul, said it was \u201ca shame\u201d his son couldn\u2019t compete.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cHe was really torn about what to do,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<a class=\"ad__link\" data-test-ui=\"ad__link\" href=\"https:\/\/advertising.nzme.co.nz\/\" data-ad-env=\"both\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Advertise with NZME.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cHe\u2019s taken on the farm, and the season \u2013 it\u2019s the worst I\u2019ve ever seen in King Country \u2013 has just made it too hard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The family are no stranger to competition, with Paul winning the Golden Shears open in 1985 and managing the team to the UK in 2015-2016.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The team this year will be managed by shearing judge Neil Fagan, who has had several seasons shearing in the UK, including a senior win at Corwen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">It will open the tour with tests against Scotland at the Lochearnhead Shears on June 28 and England at the Great Yorkshire Show at Harrogate on July 9.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><b>Read more shearing and woolhandling stories <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/the-country\/topic\/shearing-and-woolhandling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/the-country\/topic\/shearing-and-woolhandling\/\"><b>here<\/b><\/a><b>.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">They will then cross the English Channel to face France at the French Shears in Boussac on July 13, and return to the UK for a three-match series against Wales with tests at Cothi on July 19, the Royal Welsh Show on July 23 and the Corwen Shears on July 26.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">New Zealand teams have shorn shearing tests in the UK almost annually for over 30 years, with reciprocal series against Wales in New Zealand now held each year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">At Te K\u016biti, Jack Fagan and Wairarapa shearer David Buick completed a 3-0 home-series win over Welsh shearers Llyr Jones and Gethin Lewis, avenging a 2-1 defeat in Wales last July.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Home sheep and conditions have been a significant factor, with Wales having had just one test match win in New Zealand, scored by Jones and Lewis at Te K\u016biti in 2024, while New Zealand last won a series in Wales in 2019, the first such win since 2011. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This is because the final winner, New Zealand-based Scots international, Gavin Mutch, is ineligible for New Zealand 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