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    • mikedogz
      mikedogz last edited by

      My Onewhero Under 17 teams and under 19 teams used to have pre season games against Waiuku first fifteen and there was some skinny kid at first five making these huge kicks and he happened to end up helping the All Blacks win the 2011 World cup

      Six degrees of separation. Some of my teammates from the Pukekohe Under 17's champion team as well as my mate who was at St Stephens played in a Counties Under 16 team who included some promising players by the name of Donald, Afoa, Kaino and Rokocoko.

      I played a pre season game against Otorohanga B's a couple of years ago and Liam Squire was having a run.

      In my family tree I have Dave Loveridge and Arnold Palmer. If he was any good I could include Chris Eaton too.

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      • mikedogz
        mikedogz last edited by mikedogz

        I also know John Spiers quite well. I played rugby with his son and he used to buy wool from my dad.

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        • Catogrande
          Catogrande @mikedogz last edited by

          @mikedogz said in Most Famous people you have played sport with ( or had breakfast with), or are related to.:

          I also know John Spiers quite well. I played rugby with his son and he used to buy wool of my dad.

          Your Father was Wooly?

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          • mikedogz
            mikedogz last edited by

            Dad was a sheep farmer ๐Ÿ‘

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            • Canerbry
              Canerbry last edited by

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              • NTA
                NTA last edited by

                Propped against RWC-winning Wallaby, Tony Daly, one day. That was directly when I had to play tighthead prop. In the earlier round I came on at loosehead and he was loosehead for the other side.

                He is an utter shitc*nt. So I kept giving him post-match beers at our pub, hoping he'd get done DUI on the way home.

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                • MajorRage
                  MajorRage last edited by

                  I bumped into Richie at the HK 7s.

                  That's me.

                  That's over a year ago now, but I bet he's still telling his mates about it.

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                  • Crucial
                    Crucial last edited by

                    @mikedogz you should have asked Howard Morrison this question before he croaked. His answer would have been...

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                      Gunner last edited by

                      Lyn Gunson NZ netball player & coach, who used to be married to John Parker. We still have a bat he scored a test century with at Mum & Dads place.

                      Ella Gunson hockey Commonwealth gold medalist

                      Worked with Greg Sommerville for a while after he retired from rugby.

                      Tim Southee - we went to Waiotira Primary School with the Southeeโ€™s. Played one t20 game with him for Maungakaramea a few years back. He scored 99* batting at 3.

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                      • booboo
                        booboo last edited by booboo

                        Could name drop extensively as I was lucky enough to have played club rugby in Auckland and Waikato at a time when rep players still made the odd game for their club.

                        So if I was able to pick from all my opposition over seven years I'd be able to field a team good enough to choke at a RWC semifinal (with some of said opposition good enough actually won the thing). I'd nearly have a backup team capable of making the quarters too. A few internationals from other countries would need to slip in to help.

                        I qualify the above by saying I wasn't very good at average to not quite average clubs and spent as much time in Reserves/Senior B as I did Sen A.

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                        • Snowy
                          Snowy @Gunner last edited by

                          @gunner said in Most Famous people you have played sport with ( or had breakfast with), or are related to.:

                          We still have a bat he scored a test century with at Mum & Dads place.

                          It's going to be hard for anyone to top you having test cricket played at your parents. Owesome!

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                            Virgil last edited by

                            Expected to see @jegga all over this one..

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                            • Snowy
                              Snowy @Virgil last edited by

                              @virgil said in Most Famous people you have played sport with ( or had breakfast with), or are related to.:

                              Expected to see @jegga all over this one..

                              I'll do it for you Virg:

                              "Here we go".

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                              • JK
                                JK last edited by JK

                                Had breakfast with Joseph Parker randomly in hotel in Dunedin while away for work.

                                Played a lot of golf with Mike Hendry and Guy Wilson (Lydias first and best coach) while we were juniors at Pupuke.

                                See Jerome Kaino a few times a week and often have a chat as he lives down the road from us and kids go to same school plus play rugby together.

                                Oh yeah - lived up the street from Buck as a kid. Use to deliver his paper and sell him our school raffle tickets. He's often down at North Shore rugby club where my lad plays and remembers me from 30 plus years ago (probably as that annoying kid)

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                                • jegga
                                  jegga @Virgil last edited by

                                  @virgil said in Most Famous people you have played sport with ( or had breakfast with), or are related to.:

                                  Expected to see @jegga all over this one..

                                  Jealousy is a terrible emotion.
                                  So irrational.

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                                  • Smudge
                                    Smudge last edited by

                                    Played a few games of senior cricket in Dunedin with Brendon McCullum, Nathan McCullum, and Mark Richardson.

                                    Also got out for a duck to one-ODI Black Cap Aaron Gale. But, considering my batting, the Hunchback of Notre Dame could have got me out for a duck.

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                                    • Catogrande
                                      Catogrande last edited by

                                      Bill Mortimer, an England B team hockey goalkeeper that Iโ€™m sure you all remember. Well he still dines out on the story of an unfit rugby player that got roped in to a game of mixed hockey and scored against him.

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                                      • kiwiinmelb
                                        kiwiinmelb last edited by

                                        Had quite a few social encounters but playing wise , its not that great , but this all ive got that i can remember offhand ,

                                        Played and went to school with sean Lineen whose dad Terry was an AB second five , sean went on to play test rugby with Scotland ,

                                        Played league in Australia with and against Bruce McGuire who went on to play with Balmain , NSW origin and Australia ,

                                        Post football days , trained at a boxing gym, young kid training there Sam Soliman , went on to win a world middleweight title

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                                        • Bones
                                          Bones @booboo last edited by

                                          @booboo yeah I'm in a similar boat if I include those I played against in Welly and prancing around the country playing Sevens. If I was to name a team off the top of my head...

                                          Murray Driver
                                          Elvis Taione
                                          Graeme Purvis
                                          Richard Watt
                                          Jeremy Thrush
                                          Jerry Collins
                                          Chris Masoe
                                          Sione Lauaki
                                          Piri Weepu
                                          Norm Broughton
                                          Maa Nonu
                                          Hosea Gear
                                          Tana Umaga
                                          Bruce Reihana
                                          Cory Jane

                                          Coached by Steve Rennie and John Gallagher.

                                          Celebrity referee for the match Steve Walsh. Backed up by that blonde midget from welly who's name I've forgotten.

                                          Honourable mention to Semo Sititi, Apollo Perelini, Roy Kinikinilau. Missed out on marking Lomu due to injury ๐Ÿ˜” actually probably a good thing with me being about 70 odd kg dripping wet at the time.

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                                          • MN5
                                            MN5 @Bones last edited by MN5

                                            @bones said in Most Famous people you have played sport with ( or had breakfast with), or are related to.:

                                            @booboo yeah I'm in a similar boat if I include those I played against in Welly and prancing around the country playing Sevens. If I was to name a team off the top of my head...

                                            Murray Driver
                                            Elvis Taione
                                            Graeme Purvis
                                            Richard Watt
                                            Jeremy Thrush
                                            Jerry Collins
                                            Chris Masoe
                                            Sione Lauaki
                                            Piri Weepu
                                            Norm Broughton
                                            Maa Nonu
                                            Hosea Gear
                                            Tana Umaga
                                            Bruce Reihana
                                            Cory Jane

                                            Coached by Steve Rennie and John Gallagher.

                                            Celebrity referee for the match Steve Walsh. Backed up by that blonde midget from welly who's name I've forgotten.

                                            Honourable mention to Semo Sititi, Apollo Perelini, Roy Kinikinilau. Missed out on marking Lomu due to injury ๐Ÿ˜” actually probably a good thing with me being about 70 odd kg dripping wet at the time.

                                            That Hooker is hardly a household name Bones.

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                                            • Stargazer
                                              Stargazer last edited by Stargazer

                                              I see former All Whites and Phoenix defender Ben Sigmund about every day. Nice bloke.

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                                              • Bones
                                                Bones @MN5 last edited by

                                                @mn5 yeah I don't expect you to follow Tongan rugby bro.

                                                Best I could think of for now. English Premiership winner. I like how you didn't baulk at Broughton. He's probably the one you best remember eh?

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                                                • MN5
                                                  MN5 @Bones last edited by

                                                  @bones said in Most Famous people you have played sport with ( or had breakfast with), or are related to.:

                                                  @mn5 yeah I don't expect you to follow Tongan rugby bro.

                                                  Best I could think of for now. English Premiership winner. I like how you didn't baulk at Broughton. He's probably the one you best remember eh?

                                                  Good player. He was no Marty Berry though...

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                                                  • Bones
                                                    Bones last edited by

                                                    Completely forgot the Waldroms. They can go into honourable mentions though.

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                                                    • dogmeat
                                                      dogmeat last edited by

                                                      Met a lot of politicians business people GG's etc - some minor royalty, sports people, film stars and muso's but that's more a result of age and getting to go to dinners etc or through work - none of them would remember me I'm sure

                                                      Only played with one (moderately) famous sportsman. England fast medium bowler of the 70's (and now Guardian journo) Mike Selvey. Way too fast for me.

                                                      My abiding memory though is Joanna Lumley - 35 years ago - opening her door clad only in her nightwear with the sun behind her....

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                                                      • Bones
                                                        Bones @Bones last edited by

                                                        @bones said in Most Famous people you have played sport with ( or had breakfast with), or are related to.:

                                                        Completely forgot the Waldroms. They can go into honourable mentions though.

                                                        Which brings me to Mo Schwalger. Guess he can take Elvis' spot.

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                                                        • Bones
                                                          Bones last edited by

                                                          Plus having lived in London ten years now my best celebrity encounter dates back to my very first weekend sitting next to a table with Rebecca Loos on it. Rolling out the big names now.

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                                                          • Hooroo
                                                            Hooroo @dogmeat last edited by

                                                            @dogmeat said in Most Famous people you have played sport with ( or had breakfast with), or are related to.:

                                                            My abiding memory though is Joanna Lumley - 35 years ago - opening her door clad only in her nightwear with the sun behind her....

                                                            PLease elaborate on why she was opening her door for you? Spare no details ๐Ÿ™‚

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                                                            • Bones
                                                              Bones @Hooroo last edited by

                                                              @hooroo I got the feeling that was when he passed out.

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                                                              • Dice
                                                                Dice last edited by

                                                                Canes4Life had breakfast with Ardie Savea.

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                                                                • Canerbry
                                                                  Canerbry last edited by

                                                                  I see Matt Todd most mornings on the school run.

                                                                  Chris Harris gratuitously took the piss out of me for about 90 straight minutes at a poker game once after I went large on the first hand.

                                                                  Ben Blair scored the chick I took to my 7th form ball (that night), she's now married to another former All Black whose name would dox her and she's a lovely girl and doesn't deserve that.

                                                                  My brother-in-law was the one who told Mark Hammett to quit soccer and take up rugby in 4th form.

                                                                  Daryl Gibson was my peer support leader in 3rd form, on peer support day in the first week, him and Andrew Mehrtens took their big bunch of turds down to the river to eat Raro out of our hands and try to scone ducks with acorns. In 7th form, when we did the same, little did I know that a young Dan Carter was in the group, so I'm the direct link there.

                                                                  I hung out and drove round with Shane Bond for a few days at Queenstown Winter Festival when he was still the fastest bowler in the world with a legal action.

                                                                  Have dealt with cricket and rugby teams quite a few times working in hotels, there was the time Shoaib Aktar "wasn't right in the head" (- Pakistan team doctor) and used a vivid to sign his name hundreds of times on the wallpaper of his hotel room.

                                                                  Helped Pedro de la Rosa get a rental car to go to Kaikoura, he wrote that Suzuki Ignis off in the Hundalees.

                                                                  There'll be more...

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                                                                  • Nepia
                                                                    Nepia @Bones last edited by

                                                                    @bones said in Most Famous people you have played sport with ( or had breakfast with), or are related to.:

                                                                    Plus having lived in London ten years now my best celebrity encounter dates back to my very first weekend sitting next to a table with Rebecca Loos on it. Rolling out the big names now.

                                                                    In my London days I played tennis with Hugh Grant. I also used to drink at a pub with a Croatian actor who you'd know if you saw Rade ล erbedลพija but probably don't recognise his name. He was a funny guy who'd made a movie in NZ.

                                                                    The only semi famous rugby people I played with were Danny Lee and Roger Randle. I've played touch rugby with Ihaia West.

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                                                                    • Bones
                                                                      Bones @Nepia last edited by

                                                                      @nepia that guy with the beard? For some reason I thought he lived in NZ. Some movie with Tem or something wasn't it?

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                                                                      • Nepia
                                                                        Nepia @Bones last edited by

                                                                        @bones said in Most Famous people you have played sport with ( or had breakfast with), or are related to.:

                                                                        @nepia that guy with the beard? For some reason I thought he lived in NZ. Some movie with Tem or something wasn't it?

                                                                        I think it was with the guy who played Nig in Once Were Warriors, IIRC Nig and the guy with the beard's daughter hook up and he doesn't like it.

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                                                                        • Chris B.
                                                                          Chris B. @Hooroo last edited by

                                                                          @hooroo said in Most Famous people you have played sport with ( or had breakfast with), or are related to.:

                                                                          @dogmeat said in Most Famous people you have played sport with ( or had breakfast with), or are related to.:

                                                                          My abiding memory though is Joanna Lumley - 35 years ago - opening her door clad only in her nightwear with the sun behind her....

                                                                          PLease elaborate on why she was opening her door for you? Spare no details ๐Ÿ™‚

                                                                          He was a package delivery man - I've heard this story before! ๐Ÿ™‚

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                                                                          • Bones
                                                                            Bones @Nepia last edited by

                                                                            @nepia that guy is in heaps of stuff! Looks like Dennis Farina?

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                                                                            • Magpie_in_aus
                                                                              Magpie_in_aus last edited by Magpie_in_aus

                                                                              Played with World Cup Famous Try Scoring Machine Karne Hesketh, Dan Waenga, Izzy Dagg and played with and against most of the other 'stars' of school boy stuff and after around that time.

                                                                              Physio'd for NBHS team that had Weber,Gareth and Ihaia as the 8/9/10 and did some work with the worlds greatest team (magpies).

                                                                              Related to Karl Te Nana although have never met and not sure what side of the family we are related as I have zero pace what so ever

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                                                                              • Chris B.
                                                                                Chris B. last edited by

                                                                                A slightly different career path trajectory and I would have won the Nobel Peace Prize.

                                                                                Instead, my colleague did. He went to some IPCC meetings. He's got a fucking certificate for it!

                                                                                He's now a relief postman in Wellington! ๐Ÿ™‚

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                                                                                • Nepia
                                                                                  Nepia @Magpie_in_aus last edited by

                                                                                  @magpie_in_aus said in Most Famous people you have played sport with ( or had breakfast with), or are related to.:

                                                                                  Played with World Cup Famous Try Scoring Machine Karne Hesketh, Dan Waenga, Izzy Dagg and played with and against most of the other 'stars' of school boy stuff and after around that time.

                                                                                  Physio'd for NBHS team that had Weber,Gareth and Ihaia as the 8/9/10 and did some work with the worlds greatest team (magpies).

                                                                                  Related to Karl Te Nana although have never met and not sure what side of the family we are related as I have zero pace what so ever

                                                                                  I thought you were trying to tell us your parents are cousins.

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                                                                                  • Bovidae
                                                                                    Bovidae @Nepia last edited by

                                                                                    @nepia @Bones

                                                                                    Broken English. I saw that a long time ago.

                                                                                    He regularly plays the stereotypical Eastern European baddie (e.g. 24, Taken 2).

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