James McOnie

So I remember.

We were giving them specs.

No, actually they won.

Didn't they win the shield and he was trying to keep the team sober?

Yes, they were on a bender for like.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

So I was.

I was quite lucky that I was doing a lot of running back then.

So I was okay when we did all the fitness stuff.

But they definitely thought I was a prop.

Like he was like, oh, we need more front rows.

And I'm like, I'm a first five.

And he goes, really?

Did you know Joe Drury played representative football in Canterbury at first five?

Oh, Joe.

North Canterbury, yeah.

Then they moved me to open side of flanker, but I couldn't tackle, so that didn't really work.

Well, speaking of that, I think I probably had a game where I decided tackling was definitely optional, and I think Barnsley said to me, he was the captain of New Plymouth Old Boys, he goes,

do you not like tackling or something, which is a trap as a question because you can't say, yes, I do, which I think is probably something I did say and he would have been, well, you could have fooled me, buddy.

What the hell's going on there?