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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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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 Southee’s. Played one t20 game with him for Maungakaramea a few years back. He scored 99* batting at 3.
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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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@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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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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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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Bill Mortimer, an England B team hockey goalkeeper that I’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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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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@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 JaneCoached 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 😔 actually probably a good thing with me being about 70 odd kg dripping wet at the time.
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@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 JaneCoached 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 😔 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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@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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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....
Most Famous people you have played sport with ( or had breakfast with), or are related to.
