17 Oct 2025

Tom Cawood: from playing rugby for Scotland to curing Rock Snot

From Afternoons, 1:35 pm on 17 October 2025

Afternoons listener Tom Cawood shares a story that takes him from playing rugby for Scotland, to becoming an expert in nail care and attempting to cure the South Island's Didymo rock snot issues.

This is a photo of two black and white newspaper cuttings featuring a teenage Tom Cawood.

Photo: Tom Cawood

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