I came across this gem of an article in Stuff — a bloke playing for Buller at 47 talking about how he was playing with and against young guys now whose fathers had been teammates and opponents. The Buller coach is a guy who lived in Japan for a while and played for my club team for a couple of seasons — a really good bloke.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/pro ... call-at-47
's adopted NPC team, for obvious reasons.