A 25-YEAR-old man from Christchurch helped a children’s charity claim a third rugby world record.

Fresh from historic feats on the world’s highest mountain, Wooden Spoon set another world record this summer by staging the longest ever game of rugby union on Sunday, August 25.

Brett Bader has strong connections with Wooden Spoon, having been one of a group of veteran players that represented the charity on a tour to commemorate the 100-year anniversary of Armistice Day, in November last year.

Brett said: “I am immensely proud to support Wooden Spoon in a range of events and fundraising endeavours in its efforts to support disabled and disadvantaged children. A truly worthy cause.”

Wooden Spoon, a charity which uses the power of rugby to transform the lives of disabled and disadvantaged children, raised more than £250,000 in donations from the LMAX Exchange Everest Rugby Challenge earlier this year, where they set two new world records for the highest games of touch rugby and rugby sevens.

The Wooden Spoon team took on a School of Hard Knocks outfit at Hazelwood, the home of Premiership Rugby team London Irish, over a 30-hour period.

Playing a game of rugby, under official laws, the two teams kicked off at 11:00, and battled hard in tortuous conditions that saw the mercury rise to a searing 33°C.