Herald on Sunday

2018 THE FIRST COUPLE OF RUGBY

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At a champagne party just after the 2015 Rugby World Cup, Beauden Barrett and his accountant girlfriend Hannah Laity came on to Spy’s radar.

From there, the couple were arm-in-arm at many A-list events and Laity’s power as a socialmedi­a influencer began to flourish.

Barrett proposed marriage in Fiji in January 2018 and Laity shared with followers their ritzy engagement party and two hen’s parties.

The Herald on Sunday was there in January this year when the couple married on Rakino Island in a star-studded ceremony that included All Blacks

Israel Dagg, Aaron Smith, Dane Coles, Brodie Retallick, Damian McKenzie, Luke Romano

and Anton Lienert-Brown, as well as Barrett’s brothers Scott and Jordie.

The Barrett brothers made history in Japan on Wednesday night — the first time three siblings have started for the All Blacks in a World Cup game.

Hannah Barrett is due in Japan to (hopefully) watch her husband and his team retain the World Cup.

 ??  ?? Hannah and Beauden Barrett.
Hannah and Beauden Barrett.

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