Jeff McTainsh

Born in Dunedin on the East Coast, grew up there over in a suburb called Waverley.

Oh yeah.

So that's where we grew up.

And yeah, primary school in Dunedin, went to Bayfield High School, John McGlashan College for intermediate, and I was around Dunedin until I was about 20 years of age, and then

popped up to Christchurch to broadcasting school but certainly the stomping grounds are down there, blue and gold in the veins and that's obviously where I got introduced to footy and sort of got the bug as well.

I think like most kids, you want to see how far you can go with rugby.

I remember getting introduced to it around the age of sort of six or seven, like most kids at Pirates Rugby Club.

Dad took me along there and signed me up.

And yeah, so Pirates out by the beach was the club and it's sort of where I fell in love with the game.

Played juniors there, and then I went to Johnny's for intermediate, bit of rugby there, and then it was Bayfield High School where I played first.

Not exactly renowned for footy, Bayfield for rugby at least, but it was great to play some code there.

And as I left school, a bit more cults at Pirates.

So that's kind of where I guess the footy side of it playing.

playing started and, um, didn't, didn't continue.

Obviously you want to, you know, you dream about becoming an All Black or, or representing the Highlanders or playing for Otago, but, um, that, that obviously wasn't the path, but, um, that was cool, a cool city to, to grow up, um, with, with the game and, and obviously spent a lot of time at Carisbrook too.

What position?

I don't know about quality.

Well, this is the funny thing.

As you get older, people start going.

This is why you throw yourself back in the gym.