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Old 07-29-2020, 11:47 PM
NZ421291 NZ421291 is offline
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Originally Posted by crwilli View Post
I have a close friend who grew up in Rotorua. When we both lived in Hong Kong, he educated me on the finer points of Rugby and of course, the majesty of the All Blacks.

He is very envious of your memories. He only played rugby up to university. He found love, got a job in Australia and ended up in Manchester England. But he has never lost his admiration and pride in the All Blacks.
Rotorua is about 4 hours drive south of where I live. Thats 'Chiefs' Territory (Super Rugby Team) https://www.chiefs.co.nz/

I played with & against about 20+ All Blacks, and I felt very old when the last one I played against retired from rugby (Sean Fitzpatrick).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Fitzpatrick

I played aginst him at School boy 1st XV rugby back in 1981. He was a prop in those days, & I saw him eye gouge our prop in a scrum (Sean pushed the limits!), so I punched him in the head, to which he just laughed at me & I copped a heavy punch from him on the chin, dislocating my jaw! A Zambuk (nick name for a St Johns Ambulance Paramedic) fixed it by smacking my jaw back into place & I kept playing. My Jaw still clicks from the punch soo many years ago. The Ref ignored us, guess he thought we had sorted it out- nowadays we would both be Red Carded.

Now you know why I took up Karate :-)

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