AB "What could have been" XV
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The halfback for North Harbour Mark Robinson. (Sharky)
Had a quick pass, very strong and quick off the mark.Random memories but can't remember the name.
A lock that played a few tests for NZ in the late late 90s.
Pretty big, blond spiky hair. High workrate.
Colin Meads commented he was still hitting rucks at the end of a game against Southland.
I think he played for Waikato.
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@MN5 said in AB "What could have been" XV:
@shark said in AB "What could have been" XV:
Yeah but Zac contributed meaningfully in other ways. Such as to the underground Class A trade. And similarly, Ralph almost single-handedly kept STI clinics the province over humming, he was such a swordsman.
Caleb scored my mates wife before they were married. The thing that annoyed him most was she didn’t get with a ‘decent’ AB of the era. It always made watching Crusaders games with them bloody funny when his face came up.
I know EXACTLY how your mate feels, although thankfully it wasn't Caleb Ralph who shagged my wife before we met, but another Canterbury / Crusaders AB of dubious qualification. This made cheering for Canterbury in particular a little odd at times.
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@shark said in AB "What could have been" XV:
@MN5 said in AB "What could have been" XV:
@shark said in AB "What could have been" XV:
Yeah but Zac contributed meaningfully in other ways. Such as to the underground Class A trade. And similarly, Ralph almost single-handedly kept STI clinics the province over humming, he was such a swordsman.
Caleb scored my mates wife before they were married. The thing that annoyed him most was she didn’t get with a ‘decent’ AB of the era. It always made watching Crusaders games with them bloody funny when his face came up.
I know EXACTLY how your mate feels, although thankfully it wasn't Caleb Ralph who shagged my wife before we met, but another Canterbury / Crusaders AB of dubious qualification.
I bet it was Sam Broomhall
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@Toddy said in AB "What could have been" XV:
Ben Blair
he nabbed another ferners squeeze didnt he...
wasnt Royce Willis' debut in that season from hell? ONe of the bright spots in that season, thought he was the right guy to lead the physical fight with SA.
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@taniwharugby Yeah Willis and Isitolo Maka both debuted in 1998. I think Willis debuted in a promising loss away to SA.
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Guys who were good enough to
play for the ABs (and nearly did) but fate had other plans.- Reggie Goodes
- David Latta
- Ben Tameifuna
- Martin Johnson
- Paul Tito
- Willie Ofahengaue
- Duane Monkley
- Jordan Taufua
- Bryn Hall
- Ian Foster
- Paul Cooke
- John Leslie
- Robbie Fruean
- James Lowe
- Lindsay Harris
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@shark said in AB "What could have been" XV:
@taniwharugby Yeah Willis and Isitolo Maka both debuted in 1998. I think Willis debuted in a promising loss away to SA.
I was at a game at Eden Park where Isitolo Maka hit Olo Brown so hard that Olo had to be taken from the field.
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@Frank said in AB "What could have been" XV:
@shark said in AB "What could have been" XV:
@taniwharugby Yeah Willis and Isitolo Maka both debuted in 1998. I think Willis debuted in a promising loss away to SA.
I was at a game at Eden Park where Isitolo Maka hit Olo Brown so hard that Olo had to be taken from the field.
Never been able to find footage of it.Yeah remember that. About 5m out from the line iirc.
