Jeff McTainsh

You dream about becoming an All Black or representing the Highlanders or playing for Otago but that obviously wasn't the path, calling games off the telly in the lounge and so I started to think, you know, how could I potentially get a crack?

So it was actually a Will Jordan try for the Crusaders and I thought...

I'll just chuck my voice down on this and send it to the boss and see what happens.

So I think that same year in 2020, I started calling MPC.

I looked down and it was a text from the boss and it was, call me.

And he said, you need to get to Eden Park.

I thought I was just going to be there on standby in a safety capacity, but as it turned out, I needed to be in the hot seat.

The lights dimming on Eden Park and looking out at just this complete packed sea of black was just...

was just unreal.

You know, it wasn't until later that I realized, kind of dawned on me a bit, mate, just how big that test was.

What an intro, mate.

What an intro.

We're done, I think.

We're done.

Yeah.

I nailed the last name.

You nailed it.

You got the last name perfect.

Not everyone does.

So thank you for doing your homework.