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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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@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 Šerbedžija 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 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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@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
He was a package delivery man - I've heard this story before!
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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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@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 said in Most Famous people you have played sport with ( or had breakfast with), or are related to.:
Broken English. I saw that a long time ago.
He regularly plays the stereotypical Eastern European baddie (e.g. 24, Taken 2).
Ah that's the one, I remember seeing it, but had no idea of the name.
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@canerbry said in Most Famous people you have played sport with ( or had breakfast with), or are related to.:
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.
I once wandered into Avenal Tavern in Invers, the day before a Canterbury v Otago Shell Cup game, and popped into the pokies to waste $20. At the end of the triangle-shaped room was "Harry", leaning back in a bar stool, and playing pokies on either side of him. I guess he does most things at full bore - including smashing the slots.
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Playing casual twilight cricket in Napier as an 19 year old, I got to face Patrick Patterson who was a ring in for the opposition team. Scariest thing of my life to that point, even fully padded up and with a helmet, having a ball come down at 150km in dodgy light conditions. Was happy to edge the second ball and walk off.
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@stockcar86 said in Most Famous people you have played sport with ( or had breakfast with), or are related to.:
Playing casual twilight cricket in Napier as an 19 year old, I got to face Patrick Patterson who was a ring in for the opposition team. Scariest thing of my life to that point, even fully padded up and with a helmet, having a ball come down at 150km in dodgy light conditions. Was happy to edge the second ball and walk off.
Decent slips fielders in Napier twilight?
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thin edge at my nipple height straight to keeper. Who incidentally was standing a looong way back
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Growing up in Australia from 11 on didn't play against or manage to run into any Shell Trophy stars.
Sat next to Daniel Manu on a plane from Sydney to Auckland as a plane as a young fella - nice bloke. Growing up played touch or Oztag against future warriors James Maloney and Ian Henderson. Delivered pizza in high school to soon-to-be head NRL head coach and dam good second rower David Farleigh.
On the turps ran into a few leaguies including an entire Kiwis team pre-ANZAC day test. The only player that really surprised me was Jamal Idris being a seriously top bloke. Willie Mason was Willie Mason.
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@Canerbry 's recollections reminded me that a NZ cricket medium fast bowler of the 80's and his mates tried to rough me up at said bowlers 19th birthday (which some mates and I had gatecrashed) for having a "friendly conversation" with his gf.
I was saved by my mates driving through his parents hedge and back out again creating two VW Beetle shaped holes.
Said bowler bowled pies. - but has a reputation of being a thoroughly decent bloke. I've never met him since.
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I lived next to Marc Ellis growing up. Inherited his desk - he and John Timu delivered it dressed up for a Toga party they were going to. He also gave me a rugby ball from an AB test he played at Athletic Park (forget which test), which my bloody dog got hold of and ripped to pieces which was annoying as hell.
And speaking of my dog, when we first got her and were getting her used to being outside Ellis' old man called the SPCA on us claiming we were abusing it or something.
Also have a tenuous link to Martin Crowe (RIP) through family, not blood related. Unfortunately never met the great man though.
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