Darren Shand
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He was flying back home.
So 15 hours, getting to know each other.
Went and had a barbecue at his house that week.
So I walk out there knowing that I've made a mistake.
And in the end, Nigel just said to Jan, well, do you think Darren's done this on purpose?
He goes, ah, no.
Nigel, let's play on.
That was it.
So, yeah, I might have said a bit more like, oh, come on, Nigel, you know me.
I wouldn't have done that.
You know, been here 100 tests or whatever.
But I think in the end, it was a pretty salient lesson about, you know, who you are really matters.
And I was...
I was calm enough.
I certainly could feel this.
And I remember walking into the changing room, and the first person I saw was Andrew Hoare.
He's like, oh, you're going to pay for that.
And I was like, I just had a little moment.
I was like, I remember in that game, they scored first, right?
And it was Brian Habana.