Beauden Barrett made sure a cancer stricken New Zealander was at Twickenham for the Rugby World Cup final.
Beauden Barrett has been hailed for his generosity in helping a cancer stricken New Zealander attend the Rugby World Cup final.
New Zealander Katrina Haberfield was able to get to Twickenham on Sunday thanks to Barrett's act of kindness.
Barrett
arranged for Katrina and her English husband Steve to attend the final
after a visit to their hair salon a few weeks earlier.
He noticed they had an All Blacks jersey on the wall and asked about it. He was then told of the couple's rugby passion and Katrina's battle with chemotherapy and breast cancer.
In one of those "small world" moments, they figured out that Barrett actually knows Katrina's sister, Renee Fowler, a professional golfer in Miramar.
When Katrina refused to charge him for the haircut, Barrett offered to get her All Blacks jersey signed by the whole team. A week before the final match, the jersey arrived back at the salon, along with Barrett's autographed tournament cap and tickets for the final game.
Even with surgery booked for Thursday before the final, Katrina was determined not to miss the game.
Thankfully she got the best possible result, with Barrett scoring the match winning try.
