General discussion, nostalgia, and trivia
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God i miss real origin.
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@Tim said in General discussion, nostalgia, and trivia:
The ten coolest day jobs held by players at the 1991 Rugby World Cup
Although not mentioned in that article for obvious reasons, but Dan Crowley was in the 1991 RWC squad, he went one better than just detective.
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I can remember the occupations of lots of the AB teams from my youth. From their profiles.
Eg I'll try to do the 87 World Cup team:
Gallagher: Policeman
Kirwan: Shamateur
Stanley: owner driver
Taylor: ?
Green: Builder
Fox: marketing? Worked for that CSL or IMG or sum fin like that.
Kirk: med student / doctor
Shelford: navy
M Jones: student
A Whetton: ?
Pierce: Policeman
G Whetton: ?
Drake: ?
Fitzpatrick: builder
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I think Gary Whetton was an accountant.
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@Rapido said in General discussion, nostalgia, and trivia:
I can remember the occupations of lots of the AB teams from my youth. From their profiles.
Eg I'll try to do the 87 World Cup team:
Gallagher: Policeman
Kirwan: Shamateur
Stanley: owner driver
Taylor: ?
Green: Builder
Fox: marketing? Worked for that CSL or IMG or sum fin like that.
Kirk: med student / doctor
Shelford: navy
M Jones: student
A Whetton: ?
Pierce: Policeman
G Whetton: ?
Drake: ?
Fitzpatrick: builder
McDowell: publican?Kirwan Shamateur Butcher's apprentice
Olo Brown: Accountant
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@nzzp Don't think Olo was playing back then ...
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It was a bit easier a few years earlier when I first started watching the game, just insert "farmer" for every second player.
1982 was first rugby I watched.
Hewson: can't remember, but know his family business was in Hutt , can't think what it was?
S Wilson: publican
Pokere: ? (Got up to white collar shananigans after retirement iirc), thinking an accountant?
Taylor: ?
Fraser: publican
W Smith: ?
Loveridge: pig farmer
Mexted: car salesman (family business)
Hobbs: lawyer
Shaw: farmer
Haden: everything .....
G Whetton: accountant according to Tim above
Knight: farmer
Dalton: farmer
Ashworth: farmer -
With the original linked article: 10 most interesting occupations of 1991 players. Didn't mention Bunce, but was he still a rubbishman in 1991?
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Not in the England 1991 squad but my favourite was Darren Garforth. Passport said Tubular Technician. Reality: Scaffolder.
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@Tim said in General discussion, nostalgia, and trivia:
@nzzp Don't think Olo was playing back then ...
Yeah, but Olo is Olo. He deserves a place on every list ...
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@Rapido said in General discussion, nostalgia, and trivia:
With the original linked article: 10 most interesting occupations of 1991 players. Didn't mention Bunce, but was he still a rubbishman in 1991?
'Rubbishman' could be replaced with 'paid cross training' -- the job was just running, lifting and throwing for hours on end. Got people bloody fit, and you can pay les mills to let you do it with a medicine ball now
I think Chris Tregaskis was a rubbishman for a while too.
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I'll always remember the day Peter Fats and his boys delivered a piano to my flatmate down two flights of steps.
Wasn't the old joke that forwards are the piano movers and backs the piano players?
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@Rapido
If JK was a shamateur butcher then McDowell was definitely a shamateur publican -
@Crucial He moved pianos for us when I was a kid. Once his daughter helped out. Definitely the largest woman I'd seen then.
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@dogmeat said in General discussion, nostalgia, and trivia:
@Rapido
If JK was a shamateur butcher then McDowell was definitely a shamateur publicanI mean by that time (1987) Kirwan was a shamateur for Benneton in Italy.
He was genuinely an apprentice butcher circa 1983 etc. I think it was his dad's butchery.
Not sure exactly when he started summering in Trevino.
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I've got that book that was released a few years back ranking the 100 best All Blacks of all time.
Well at least I did.... I leant it to someone recently and can't remember which one of my firends has pinched it.
The best part is looking up what the players did for a living.
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@nzzp said in General discussion, nostalgia, and trivia:
@Rapido said in General discussion, nostalgia, and trivia:
With the original linked article: 10 most interesting occupations of 1991 players. Didn't mention Bunce, but was he still a rubbishman in 1991?
'Rubbishman' could be replaced with 'paid cross training' -- the job was just running, lifting and throwing for hours on end. Got people bloody fit, and you can pay les mills to let you do it with a medicine ball now
I think Chris Tregaskis was a rubbishman for a while too.
Tregaskis nickname was trash, he was a qualified builder but went to the rubbish trucks , he's a tiler now. Jerry Collins was a rubbish man too, a few ex Wellington players I've met over the years did a stint picking up rubbish. Wellington was one of the last places for them to pick up the bins and drop them back. That must have sucked if you had the oriental bay run you'd be bloody fit though.
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Quite a few players in the 60s were listed as "brewery reps". When I was a kid I used to wonder what that meant.
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Pretty sure Warwick Taylor was a teacher. Wayne Smith, as well - but for at least a while he worked at the Belfast Freezing Works.
I worked in the same building as Jock Hobbs and caught the lift with him on several occasions.
Chris Jack is working as a builder these days, in Nelson. Saw him at the supermarket last year.
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@Chris-B. said in General discussion, nostalgia, and trivia:
Chris Jack is working as a builder these days, in Nelson
shit he must have to get custom made earmuffs
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@jegga said in General discussion, nostalgia, and trivia:
@nzzp said in General discussion, nostalgia, and trivia:
@Rapido said in General discussion, nostalgia, and trivia:
With the original linked article: 10 most interesting occupations of 1991 players. Didn't mention Bunce, but was he still a rubbishman in 1991?
'Rubbishman' could be replaced with 'paid cross training' -- the job was just running, lifting and throwing for hours on end. Got people bloody fit, and you can pay les mills to let you do it with a medicine ball now
I think Chris Tregaskis was a rubbishman for a while too.
Tregaskis nickname was trash, he was a qualified builder but went to the rubbish trucks , he's a tiler now. Jerry Collins was a rubbish man too, a few ex Wellington players I've met over the years did a stint picking up rubbish. Wellington was one of the last places for them to pick up the bins and drop them back. That must have sucked if you had the oriental bay run you'd be bloody fit though.
Norm Hewitt was a rubbish man too, good exercise for a front rower
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@Stockcar86 said in General discussion, nostalgia, and trivia:
@jegga said in General discussion, nostalgia, and trivia:
@nzzp said in General discussion, nostalgia, and trivia:
@Rapido said in General discussion, nostalgia, and trivia:
With the original linked article: 10 most interesting occupations of 1991 players. Didn't mention Bunce, but was he still a rubbishman in 1991?
'Rubbishman' could be replaced with 'paid cross training' -- the job was just running, lifting and throwing for hours on end. Got people bloody fit, and you can pay les mills to let you do it with a medicine ball now
I think Chris Tregaskis was a rubbishman for a while too.
Tregaskis nickname was trash, he was a qualified builder but went to the rubbish trucks , he's a tiler now. Jerry Collins was a rubbish man too, a few ex Wellington players I've met over the years did a stint picking up rubbish. Wellington was one of the last places for them to pick up the bins and drop them back. That must have sucked if you had the oriental bay run you'd be bloody fit though.
Norm Hewitt was a rubbish man too, good exercise for a front rower
Liam Messam:
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@Stargazer The Sumo Messam is referring to is Keith Lowen. He owns a rubbish collection business.
Another ex AB who used to be on the bags in my suburb was the late Aaron Hopa.
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I had to check, but it's definitely not the 1st of April!
New All Black birth certificate launched The Department of Internal Affairs has launched a new All Black themed decorative birth certificate. The new decorative certificate is now available for purchase, and joins the existing beach and forest themes for people wanting something a little different from the standard certificate. Around 180,000 birth certificates are issued every year and Deputy Registrar-General Adrian Jarvis says they are delighted for people to have the option of an official licensed product to mark their special delivery. "We think that these are a great way for All Blacks fans to show their support, whether they are new babies or older fans wanting a new certificate. "We’ve been working hard to make sure we could launch the new certificate while one of our great rival teams is touring," Mr Jarvis says. All births must be registered in New Zealand, and this can now be done easily anytime anywhere through SmartStart, an online tool which contains step-by-step information to help parents and babies get off to the best start. SmartStart has already had over 80,000 visits and more than 5,000 due dates entered. For more information on SmartStart, visit smartstart.services.govt.nz Parents can choose whether or not to purchase a birth certificate. All Blacks birth certificates can be ordered by calling 0800 22 52 52. -
@Stargazer W.... T.... F?
Well, I guess I can no longer get annoyed by foreign journo's describing NZ as "rugby-obsessed" or referencing the All Blacks as "the national religion".
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@Tim haha thats cool!!
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@Stargazer seen that, he must have a tumour in his brain or something.
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He probably wouldn't stand out so much if he was playing with other islander kids.
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@mikedogz said in General discussion, nostalgia, and trivia:
@Stargazer seen that, he must have a tumour in his brain or something.
Yeah, I was immediately thinking about medical causes. That size is not normal, not even for big Island kids of that age.
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@Rapido said in General discussion, nostalgia, and trivia:
I can remember the occupations of lots of the AB teams from my youth. From their profiles.
Eg I'll try to do the 87 World Cup team:
Gallagher: Policeman
Kirwan: Shamateur
Stanley: owner driver
Taylor: ?
Green: Builder
Fox: marketing? Worked for that CSL or IMG or sum fin like that.
Kirk: med student / doctor
Shelford: navy
M Jones: student
A Whetton: ?
Pierce: Policeman
G Whetton: ?
Drake: ?
Fitzpatrick: builder
McDowell: publican?I have John Kirwan's Rugby World open in front of me.
They are as follows:
Gallagher - policeman
Crowley - farmer
Kirwan - he doesn't mention what he's doing at that point, but it's probably somewhere in the book
Green - roofing contractor
Wright - auditor
Stanley - runs his own cartage business
Taylor - schoolteacher
McCahill - painter
Fox - ''sports marketing"
Botica - works for a courier firm
Kirk - student
Deans - shepherd
Shelford - ''sports promotion"
A Whetton - cartage contractor
Jones - second degree at uni
Brooke - plumber
Brooke-Cowden - switched to league, so doesn't mention his previous occupation
Earl - farmer
G Whetton - sales manager
Pierce - policeman
Anderson - farmer
McDowell - sales rep
Fitzpatrick - sales rep
Drake - corporate banker
Loe - sales rep
Dalton - farmer
