The pressure on community sports grounds in New Zealand is not really about quality. It is about capacity. A grass field can carry a limited number of hours of use per week before it degrades, and in winter that limit collapses. Clubs share fields between codes, junior grades train at 4pm in the dark, and the first serious rain of the season cancels a Saturday's fixtures for everyone.
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