Gooonnnnee too soon
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@wally said in Gooonnnnee too soon:
@hooroo said in Gooonnnnee too soon:
Was James Ryan that carrot top? He's a doctor now right or maybe a lawyer?
Toeava left too soon prolly.
That tall Chinese basketball player was a superstar for a brief time, what happened to him?James Ryan got a law degree. Now has a very big time career in finance/commercial banking.
Glad someone mentioned him. He looked class, and a lock for a long career. Sad to see him finish.
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Like the Jasin Goldsmith call. Where did he go anyway? Was it an extremely early injury enforced retirement?
There was a kid called Brendon Daniel. Ridiculously promising BOP winger at the onset of the prefessional era I think, who went overseas at something like 20 and as far as I know never returned to play but nor did he make it wherver he went, surprisingly. Anyone else remember him?
Another in that sort of category was an open side from Canterbury called Greg Smith in around 1994/95. Crazy promise then disappeared.
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@tim said in Gooonnnnee too soon:
- Craig Dowd
- Derren Witcombe
- Carl Hayman
- James Ryan
- Norm Maxwell
- Victor Vito
- Luke Braid
- Steven Luatua
- David Kirk (c)
- Luke McAlister
- James Lowe
- John Schuster
- Craig Innes
- Charles Piutau
- Matthew Ridge
Someone will probably come up with better picks for 7, 10 (McAlister takes his rightful place at 12 then), and 11.
Nick Evans at 10
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@shark Goldsmith had a lot of injuries. I remember watching him for Waikato as an 18-yr old, when he had a very good game against the 1988 Welsh team.
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@nepia said in Gooonnnnee too soon:
@mn5 Actually Kahui is a good one for leaving too soon. Although, he had an impressive list of achievements for his short career.
Was one of those achievements being the greatest Foodbill in modern AB history?
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@shark said in Gooonnnnee too soon:
Like the Jasin Goldsmith call. Where did he go anyway? Was it an extremely early injury enforced retirement?
There was a kid called Brendon Daniel. Ridiculously promising BOP winger at the onset of the prefessional era I think, who went overseas at something like 20 and as far as I know never returned to play but nor did he make it wherver he went, surprisingly. Anyone else remember him?
Another in that sort of category was an open side from Canterbury called Greg Smith in around 1994/95. Crazy promise then disappeared.
Goldsmith: yep injury.
I recall I was at an early season game at Eden Park where he broke his leg very badly. Either that ended it all or he never fully recovered and struggled to come back. Will have to google.
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@booboo said in Gooonnnnee too soon:
@shark said in Gooonnnnee too soon:
Like the Jasin Goldsmith call. Where did he go anyway? Was it an extremely early injury enforced retirement?
There was a kid called Brendon Daniel. Ridiculously promising BOP winger at the onset of the prefessional era I think, who went overseas at something like 20 and as far as I know never returned to play but nor did he make it wherver he went, surprisingly. Anyone else remember him?
Another in that sort of category was an open side from Canterbury called Greg Smith in around 1994/95. Crazy promise then disappeared.
Goldsmith: yep injury.
I recall I was at an early season game at Eden Park where he broke his leg very badly. Either that ended it all or he never fully recovered and struggled to come back. Will have to google.
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Was a poach anyway. Born in Tokoroa.
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@bovidae said in Gooonnnnee too soon:
@shark Goldsmith had a lot of injuries. I remember watching him for Waikato as an 18-yr old, when he had a very good game against the 1988 Welsh team.
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Ah. Damn. Read the thread booboo ...
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@junior said in Gooonnnnee too soon:
@mn5 said in Gooonnnnee too soon:
Koala Tukino
*Koula
Anyway, interesting article here about what a bright spark he was. (I had a wee laugh at the line about the 1999 World Cup and who might feature there...)
Maori? I suppose they all look the same to the Welsh.....
As for Pita Wilson.....
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Mose was a beast for the Saders.
Henry brought him in around that transition time when Collins was moved from 8 to 6 and he was looking for a new no8 trying several options - Rush, Mose, Bates, Lauaki, Newby - before ultimately settling with Rodders. Mose was decent but wasn’t given the time to develop as an AB for whatever reason. He was only 23 when he first made the ABs.
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@act-crusader said in Gooonnnnee too soon:
Mose was a beast for the Saders.
Henry brought him in around that transition time when Collins was moved from 8 to 6 and he was looking for a new no8 trying several options - Rush, Mose, Bates, Lauaki, Newby - before ultimately settling with Rodders. Mose was decent but wasn’t given the time to develop as an AB for whatever reason. He was only 23 when he first made the ABs.
Crikey, some ordinary names in that list.
James Ryan (rugby union, born 1983) - Wikipedia
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