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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.
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@jegga said in Gooonnnnee too soon:
@tim said in Gooonnnnee too soon:
How good was Mose Tuiali'i, and how much potential did he have? I'm a bit hazy on him.
He was no Sam Broomhall .
But then, who was?
I couldn't work out why Mose never made it. He had every physical gift needed to be a great Test 8, but it never clicked
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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.
Didn't Daniel have a long career with Saracens (I think).
Didn't Greg Smith go out with Melodie Robinson before "Canterbury Steve Walsh"?
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@nepia 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.
Didn't Daniel have a long career with Saracens (I think).
Didn't Greg Smith go out with Melodie Robinson before "Canterbury Steve Walsh"?
I had a good old read-up on Brendon Daniel last nigth after posting. Left in 2002 so not as long ago as I thought and yep played 200 or so games in the NH and then came back to BOP in 2011. I don't recall him ever playing for BOP again though?
As for dating Melodie Robinson, well, who can remember all of them??
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@mariner4life said in Gooonnnnee too soon:
@jegga said in Gooonnnnee too soon:
@tim said in Gooonnnnee too soon:
How good was Mose Tuiali'i, and how much potential did he have? I'm a bit hazy on him.
He was no Sam Broomhall .
But then, who was?
I couldn't work out why Mose never made it. He had every physical gift needed to be a great Test 8, but it never clicked
He woulda had all the physical gifts that Rodders maybe didn't have as much of but apparently Rodders fitness levels were off the charts
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Some older guys who retired from rugby very young - along with already mentioned Ron Jarden...
Graeme Thorne, I think he got a girl pregnant in South Africa and was only in his early 20s when he went to live there.
Bob Burgess - outstanding first five...left to study in France, also in his early 20s.
Joe Karam - a league traitor in his early 20s.
Kit Fawcett - on the scrapheap at 21 after a pretty disastrous tour of South Africa. Left NZ to play overseas.
Bevan Wilson - gone by 23 though mainly as a result of injuries.
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