Rugby Southland's Academy Manager Scott Eade is fresh back from helping the Highlanders Under 20s at their recent tournament.

We talk through how he and his programme have helped build an unprecedented amount of young development talent, what a new-found relationship with the Highlanders means for Southland's rugby future, recruiting and retaining good young talent in the modern rugby world and building a development pathway that works across the game in New Zealand.

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