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Sabre champ looking towards Commonwealth Games

Christchurch fencer Luke Robertson will be a leading contender in the National Championships in Wellington on November 19-21. Peter Campbell talks to the man others call El Toro. Charging feet thunder, metal clashes. It’s Monday evening and New Zealand’s reigning sabre champion is polishing his lunges and ripostes. “When I step onto the piste and put my mask on, I…