In New Zealand's close-knit shearing community, Joel Henare is regarded as a Lionel Messi, Tiger Woods or Jonah Lomu in the sheep shed.
A sheep is shorn during the Golden Shears International sheepshearing competition in Masterton, New Zealand.MASTERTON - In New Zealand's close-knit shearing community, Joel Henare is regarded as a Lionel Messi, Tiger Woods or Jonah Lomu -- a G.O.A.T in the sheep sheds.Henare has since notched 132 competition victories in wool handling -- the high-speed art of separating off-cuts from a sheared fleece.
Rising farming costs and falling wool prices have seen national sheep figures dwindle from a high of 72 million in the 1980s. Competitive shearing and wool handling is serious business in New Zealand, which even has a designated federation -- Shearing Sports NZ -- to oversee competitions.
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