Napier old Boys Marist 10th grade Rugby coach Richie Williams who has leukaemia shaves the head of his 6 year old son Finley-Sam Williams.
A group of 10-year-old rugby players have shaved their heads to raise money for their coach, who is battling non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
Coach Richie Williams, who has a son in the team, has guided the boys since rippa rugby days.
Two-years-ago he was diagnosed with two different forms of
non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma.
He had been in remission but recently doctors found he had a third type of cancer which required a bone marrow transplant.
For the past few months he has been based in Palmerston North, undergoing chemotherapy and recovering from his operation.
Simon Tremain, whose son and nephew play for the side said: "The team is pretty close, the parents as well so when he told the kids what was happening and said he couldn't be there for the next three months - it was pretty emotional."
