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    @mn5 said in Gooonnnnee too soon:

    @jegga said in Gooonnnnee too soon:

    @mn5 said in Gooonnnnee too soon:

    @jegga said in Gooonnnnee too soon:

    Aaron Hopa

    Fucken hard to play Rugby when you're dead jegs.

    FFS . How did you stop yourself from dropping that zinger the three times Nicky Allen was mentioned in this thread?

    Who?

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    @jegga dude. 90s remember.

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    @mariner4life said in Gooonnnnee too soon:

    @jegga dude. 90s remember.

    Pre and post I'm extremely poor.

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    @mn5 said in Gooonnnnee too soon:

    @mariner4life said in Gooonnnnee too soon:

    @jegga dude. 90s remember.

    Pre and post I'm extremely poor.

    No you're scottish .

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    @snowy said in Gooonnnnee too soon:

    @Bovidae Yeah Henin was 28ish for her second retirement (was due to injury).

    Yes. 26 and the world no.1 when Henin first retired, and not due to injury.

    Yao Ming was 30 maybe 31 (injury related as well)

    The tallest human being I've ever seen up close.

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    @jegga said in Gooonnnnee too soon:

    @mn5 said in Gooonnnnee too soon:

    @mariner4life said in Gooonnnnee too soon:

    @jegga dude. 90s remember.

    Pre and post I'm extremely poor.

    No you're scottish .

    Fuck yeah. Gorse pockets and short arms.

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    @hooroo said in Gooonnnnee too soon:

    Was James Ryan that carrot top? He's a doctor now right or maybe a lawyer?

    Toeava left too soon prolly.
    That tall Chinese basketball player was a superstar for a brief time, what happened to him?

    James Ryan got a law degree. Now has a very big time career in finance/commercial banking.

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    @wally said in Gooonnnnee too soon:

    @hooroo said in Gooonnnnee too soon:

    Was James Ryan that carrot top? He's a doctor now right or maybe a lawyer?

    Toeava left too soon prolly.
    That tall Chinese basketball player was a superstar for a brief time, what happened to him?

    James Ryan got a law degree. Now has a very big time career in finance/commercial banking.

    James Ryan (rugby union, born 1983) - Wikipedia

    Glad someone mentioned him. He looked class, and a lock for a long career. Sad to see him finish.

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    Like the Jasin Goldsmith call. Where did he go anyway? Was it an extremely early injury enforced retirement?

    There was a kid called Brendon Daniel. Ridiculously promising BOP winger at the onset of the prefessional era I think, who went overseas at something like 20 and as far as I know never returned to play but nor did he make it wherver he went, surprisingly. Anyone else remember him?

    Another in that sort of category was an open side from Canterbury called Greg Smith in around 1994/95. Crazy promise then disappeared.

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    Koala Tukino.

    First of many 'New Jonahs' but pretty much did a Keith Murdoch from what I heard. ( minus the assault )

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    @mn5 said in Gooonnnnee too soon:

    Koala Tukino.

    First of many 'New Jonahs' but pretty much did a Keith Murdoch from what I heard. ( minus the assault )

    And Hare Makiri

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    @tim said in Gooonnnnee too soon:

    1. Craig Dowd
    2. Derren Witcombe
    3. Carl Hayman
    4. James Ryan
    5. Norm Maxwell
    6. Victor Vito
    7. Luke Braid
    8. Steven Luatua
    9. David Kirk (c)
    10. Luke McAlister
    11. James Lowe
    12. John Schuster
    13. Craig Innes
    14. Charles Piutau
    15. Matthew Ridge

    Someone will probably come up with better picks for 7, 10 (McAlister takes his rightful place at 12 then), and 11.

    Nick Evans at 10

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    @shark Goldsmith had a lot of injuries. I remember watching him for Waikato as an 18-yr old, when he had a very good game against the 1988 Welsh team.

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    @nepia said in Gooonnnnee too soon:

    @mn5 Actually Kahui is a good one for leaving too soon. Although, he had an impressive list of achievements for his short career.

    Was one of those achievements being the greatest Foodbill in modern AB history?

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    Yeah Kahui was a fantastic player but never had a long enough run at it due to injuries, and the misfortune to play centre at the same time as Conrad Smith. His greatest achievement will be blocking up a wing in the RWC 2011 win.

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    @shark said in Gooonnnnee too soon:

    Like the Jasin Goldsmith call. Where did he go anyway? Was it an extremely early injury enforced retirement?

    There was a kid called Brendon Daniel. Ridiculously promising BOP winger at the onset of the prefessional era I think, who went overseas at something like 20 and as far as I know never returned to play but nor did he make it wherver he went, surprisingly. Anyone else remember him?

    Another in that sort of category was an open side from Canterbury called Greg Smith in around 1994/95. Crazy promise then disappeared.

    Goldsmith: yep injury.

    I recall I was at an early season game at Eden Park where he broke his leg very badly. Either that ended it all or he never fully recovered and struggled to come back. Will have to google.

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    @booboo said in Gooonnnnee too soon:

    @shark said in Gooonnnnee too soon:

    Like the Jasin Goldsmith call. Where did he go anyway? Was it an extremely early injury enforced retirement?

    There was a kid called Brendon Daniel. Ridiculously promising BOP winger at the onset of the prefessional era I think, who went overseas at something like 20 and as far as I know never returned to play but nor did he make it wherver he went, surprisingly. Anyone else remember him?

    Another in that sort of category was an open side from Canterbury called Greg Smith in around 1994/95. Crazy promise then disappeared.

    Goldsmith: yep injury.

    I recall I was at an early season game at Eden Park where he broke his leg very badly. Either that ended it all or he never fully recovered and struggled to come back. Will have to google.

    @shark

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    @bovidae said in Gooonnnnee too soon:

    @shark Goldsmith had a lot of injuries. I remember watching him for Waikato as an 18-yr old, when he had a very good game against the 1988 Welsh team.

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    Ah. Damn. Read the thread booboo ...

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    @mn5 said in Gooonnnnee too soon:

    Koala Tukino

    *Koula

    Anyway, interesting article here about what a bright spark he was. (I had a wee laugh at the line about the 1999 World Cup and who might feature there...)

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    How good was Mose Tuiali'i, and how much potential did he have? I'm a bit hazy on him.

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