Aaron Hopa
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@mikedogz said in Aaron Hopa:
When a chief dies: the Aaron Hopa story
When Gordonton's Aaron Hopa died in a tragic diving accident off Whangamatā on December 8, 1998, he left a legacy shaped by rugby, whānau, and aroha. Ben Stanley tells the story of the greatest All Black you never knew.
That’s probably the best article to appear on the spinoff .
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@mokey said in Aaron Hopa:
@mikedogz Hoooo, boy, it sure is dusty in here.
So I wasn't the only one.
Interesting to read about the ritual when friends/teammates go past Aaron's gravesite in Gordonton. My friends and I used to stop there occasionally if we were driving to a Waikato game in Auckland.
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@jegga said in Aaron Hopa:
@mikedogz said in Aaron Hopa:
When Gordonton's Aaron Hopa died in a tragic diving accident off Whangamatā on December 8, 1998, he left a legacy shaped by rugby, whānau, and aroha. Ben Stanley tells the story of the greatest All Black you never knew.
That’s probably the best article to appear on the spinoff .
I read it this morning. Gets a bit dusty towards the end. Very well written.
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@mn5 said in Aaron Hopa:
Him passing away pretty much launched Troy Flavells career if I remember rightly.
I don't think that's correct, Flavell was around in 1997 but was caught up in the eye gouging incident which impacted on his early career - he first made the ABs in 2000?
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That is a brilliantly written heartbreaking story.
Have to look at a new vacuum cleaner, as the current one clearly isnt doing its bloody job!
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@nepia said in Aaron Hopa:
@mn5 said in Aaron Hopa:
Him passing away pretty much launched Troy Flavells career if I remember rightly.
I don't think that's correct, Flavell was around in 1997 but was caught up in the eye gouging incident which impacted on his early career - he first made the ABs in 2000?
True. Eye gouged my old classmate Steve Skinnon
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@taniwharugby said in Aaron Hopa:
That is a brilliantly written heartbreaking story.
Have to look at a new vacuum cleaner, as the current one clearly isnt doing its bloody job!
Considering all their other stories about rugby are mostly sneering it’s a surprise that one slipped through the cracks .
There’s been a few Wellington players who were rubbish collectors over the years , back in the day when then collected it from your back door it would have been an awesome way to get fit .
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@jegga said in Aaron Hopa:
@taniwharugby said in Aaron Hopa:
That is a brilliantly written heartbreaking story.
Have to look at a new vacuum cleaner, as the current one clearly isnt doing its bloody job!
Considering all their other stories about rugby are mostly sneering it’s a surprise that one slipped through the cracks .
There’s been a few Wellington players who were rubbish collectors over the years , back in the day when then collected it from your back door it would have been an awesome way to get fit .
Greatest of them all being the late JC of course.
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@mn5 said in Aaron Hopa:
@jegga said in Aaron Hopa:
@taniwharugby said in Aaron Hopa:
That is a brilliantly written heartbreaking story.
Have to look at a new vacuum cleaner, as the current one clearly isnt doing its bloody job!
Considering all their other stories about rugby are mostly sneering it’s a surprise that one slipped through the cracks .
There’s been a few Wellington players who were rubbish collectors over the years , back in the day when then collected it from your back door it would have been an awesome way to get fit .
Greatest of them all being the late JC of course.
Yeah , imagine doing the oriental bay run ? Carrying two cans down five flights of stairs and back again . Chris Tregaskis was a rubbishman too and I think Frank Bunce?
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@jegga said in Aaron Hopa:
@mn5 said in Aaron Hopa:
@jegga said in Aaron Hopa:
@taniwharugby said in Aaron Hopa:
That is a brilliantly written heartbreaking story.
Have to look at a new vacuum cleaner, as the current one clearly isnt doing its bloody job!
Considering all their other stories about rugby are mostly sneering it’s a surprise that one slipped through the cracks .
There’s been a few Wellington players who were rubbish collectors over the years , back in the day when then collected it from your back door it would have been an awesome way to get fit .
Greatest of them all being the late JC of course.
Yeah , imagine doing the oriental bay run ? Carrying two cans down five flights of stairs and back again . Chris Tregaskis was a rubbishman too and I think Frank Bunce?
Chris Tregaskis was a builder I think and even in the amateur days an absolute monster.
I prefer a more leisurely stroll on ori bay, you can do much more perving at walking pace.
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@mn5 said in Aaron Hopa:
@jegga said in Aaron Hopa:
@mn5 said in Aaron Hopa:
@jegga said in Aaron Hopa:
@taniwharugby said in Aaron Hopa:
That is a brilliantly written heartbreaking story.
Have to look at a new vacuum cleaner, as the current one clearly isnt doing its bloody job!
Considering all their other stories about rugby are mostly sneering it’s a surprise that one slipped through the cracks .
There’s been a few Wellington players who were rubbish collectors over the years , back in the day when then collected it from your back door it would have been an awesome way to get fit .
Greatest of them all being the late JC of course.
Yeah , imagine doing the oriental bay run ? Carrying two cans down five flights of stairs and back again . Chris Tregaskis was a rubbishman too and I think Frank Bunce?
Chris Tregaskis was a builder I think and even in the amateur days an absolute monster.
I prefer a more leisurely stroll on ori bay, you can do much more perving at walking pace.
I worked with him a couple of years ago, he’s a tiler now. His nickname trash because he worked on the bins for a while.
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@jegga said in Aaron Hopa:
@mn5 said in Aaron Hopa:
@jegga said in Aaron Hopa:
@mn5 said in Aaron Hopa:
@jegga said in Aaron Hopa:
@taniwharugby said in Aaron Hopa:
That is a brilliantly written heartbreaking story.
Have to look at a new vacuum cleaner, as the current one clearly isnt doing its bloody job!
Considering all their other stories about rugby are mostly sneering it’s a surprise that one slipped through the cracks .
There’s been a few Wellington players who were rubbish collectors over the years , back in the day when then collected it from your back door it would have been an awesome way to get fit .
Greatest of them all being the late JC of course.
Yeah , imagine doing the oriental bay run ? Carrying two cans down five flights of stairs and back again . Chris Tregaskis was a rubbishman too and I think Frank Bunce?
Chris Tregaskis was a builder I think and even in the amateur days an absolute monster.
I prefer a more leisurely stroll on ori bay, you can do much more perving at walking pace.
I worked with him a couple of years ago, he’s a tiler now. His nickname trash because he worked on the bins for a while.
Not because kinda sounds like Tregaskis?
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@booboo said in Aaron Hopa:
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@mn5 said in Aaron Hopa:
@jegga said in Aaron Hopa:
@mn5 said in Aaron Hopa:
@jegga said in Aaron Hopa:
@taniwharugby said in Aaron Hopa:
That is a brilliantly written heartbreaking story.
Have to look at a new vacuum cleaner, as the current one clearly isnt doing its bloody job!
Considering all their other stories about rugby are mostly sneering it’s a surprise that one slipped through the cracks .
There’s been a few Wellington players who were rubbish collectors over the years , back in the day when then collected it from your back door it would have been an awesome way to get fit .
Greatest of them all being the late JC of course.
Yeah , imagine doing the oriental bay run ? Carrying two cans down five flights of stairs and back again . Chris Tregaskis was a rubbishman too and I think Frank Bunce?
Chris Tregaskis was a builder I think and even in the amateur days an absolute monster.
I prefer a more leisurely stroll on ori bay, you can do much more perving at walking pace.
I worked with him a couple of years ago, he’s a tiler now. His nickname trash because he worked on the bins for a while.
Not because kinda sounds like Tregaskis?
double entendre?
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@dk said in Aaron Hopa:
Frank Bunce was a dustie, and played for the Dustie's Touch team at Manukau Rovers and Carlton (Grammar Tech). Had a pretty handy team mate in Eric Rush who played as well, although Eric wasn't a dustie.
I thought Rush did while he was a law student?
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