Harlequins v Barbarians
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@stargazer I can recall a guy called Gareth Simpson playing a season in about 2017 or 2018 for my club in Wellington who was more than useful. Was generally a halfback but sometimes filled in at first five. He was quite a small guy and looked like he was maybe 19 years old. He looked to be a reasonably decent player but maybe not NPC standard at that age. Could that possibly be the same guy named in the Baabaas 21 jersey? He spoke with a sort of Saffa accent but told me was from England originally if that is any help. He buggered off to England to play for someone near Coventry/Wolverhampton when he left Wellington if my memory can be relied on.
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@Stargazer Hell, that's definitely him. Just goes to show you I am currently still just as good a judge of a player's ability than I always have been! Having said that I did not think he was good enough to be a professional, clearly I did not take into consideration the different standard required to reach that level in England compared to down here in NZ!!!!!!! I see they even make reference to his year at the Wellington Axemen in his player bio even if they did describe it as the Wellington RFC when for all of the Club's 153 years it has been the Wellington FC, the difference being quite important to us members of the Wellington Football Club.
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