Francis de Vries

Yeah, so.

It's the number one event.

I definitely feel that.

the vibe around New Zealand is all the talk is about the World Cup, the World Cup, the World Cup.

And it's a great feeling.

It gets the team out there and all these kids around New Zealand are watching TV and be like, well, maybe they want to do it when they grow up.

But you can definitely feel the vibe about it and the excitement that New Zealand are going to the World Cup.

You know, obviously coming together, we're, you know, we're one team, you know, we play for the national team.

So all that is pushed aside.

And, you know, then once we leave the All Whites, it's, you know, back to like, you know, we want to kill these guys, you know.

Like on the field, yeah, you can be rowdy and all that.

But off the field, it's, you know.

Freddie's too kind.

Okay.

I've known him for years now.

We laughed about that, yeah.

It's good times.

so how long have you been back in Wellington this is your first season I got here early Jan yo early Jan but I was only able to I could only start playing when the transfer window was open yeah I think 14th of Jan I was able to be in a squad and all that so yeah

It's been good.

You know, the fans are awesome.