Eric Rush

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413 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Aug 2026 last heard 4 Aug

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Aotearoa Rugby Pod · Stolen Buses, a Series Win & Marc Ellis’s Party Trick | South Africa ’96 · 4 Aug 2026 podcast

Got your first test.

Yeah, sweet as, bro.

Happy as.

She's coming out for a beer.

And Walter and Frank would drink, mate.

They were, you know, if New Zealand's a nation of drinkers, these guys were the national champs.

And we used to call Frank the exorcist whenever he left the room, all the spirits left with him, you know?

So he was right up there, bro.

And anyway, and I'm a non-drinker.

And I said, nah, nah, I don't drink, mate.

I don't drink.

And they said, mate, you don't pay your first test every day either.

So I said, no, no, no, no, I think I'm playing the next one, you know, so I'll go home and focus.

Unbeknown to me, they went and saw Laurie, who was an old school All Black.

He came up, he said, Rushie, you don't play your first test every day, son.

You go out and you have a few beers with the boys.

So I don't think he even knew I was a non-drinker, but I was shit scared of him.

So I went out with the boys, you know, and I still remember what they gave me because I still get sick when I smell it today.

they they gave me rum and cokes and i was probably 27 years old never had a drink in my life one rum and coke man things started buzzing straight away two three four the the buzzing got louder and then six seven eight nine ten eleven or can remember a damn thing but i woke up in the morning and unbeknown to me that shaved all my eyebrows off but but but they'd also shaved all my pubes off as well so it's like

That's a level of connection that you want on a tour.

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