Brad Thorn

and a brother who's 6'8".

I'm 6'5", so he towers over me.

And he was two years older, and they basically kicked my butt for 15 years.

So maybe for you guys, you know, as losers, you're going to learn about what it takes to win, and I see a bright future in you guys.

Yeah, big time.

Yeah.

But it was more, I moved to a place called Bannockburn in a town called Cromwell in central Otago.

And it used to be, as we ran on the field with the fast and we were just rugged and yeah, it's a great upbringing.

Yep.

Bannockburn on the rail trail?

Yeah, it goes up past Alex, I think, all the way to Queenstown.

Something I want to do one day when I get some time.

Sometimes, you know, I walk down the street and there'll be traffic lights and people are gathering on the other side of the road.

And I see a pile of them, I want to smash them.

And, you know, I'm like the old soldier that has PTSD.

Yeah.

And then I've got to remind myself, no, Brad, just walk nicely.

When I was younger, coming through, I was lighter, leaner.

As a 19-year-old playing in an ARL, they were tough games because I was throwing myself about and

I was just a young guy developing, so they were the toughest games.