Jeff McTainsh

Yeah, and sport was obviously your passion.

Was it always rugby or was it all sports?

Well, I started out, so yeah, so footy was where I started out at the Pirates Club.

Shout out to the guys down there, Glenn Dixon and the boys are doing a great job keeping that afloat.

But I was athletics as well.

So I guess that's where a little bit of that speed came from and probably why I found myself on the wing playing rugby because I did do athletics down at the Caledonian ground and down there at Logan Park.

Sprinter.

He was a sprinter.

far out but one thing i realized mate with with rugby is that you can't just catch the ball and run as quickly as you can and try and beat guys on the outside once you realize that there are players that are equally as quick you have to think about how do you step and how do you actually get involved so um that's probably where i came and done a little bit as well but no i think i think just being being from otago we were fortunate enough to be um in a city that had lots to offer um

You know, we were only three hours away from Central Otago as well.

We spent a lot of time as a family going through there in the winter and the summer.

So we skied a lot in the wintertime and obviously spent plenty of summers up in Wanaka and around the area too.

So really lucky to sort of grow up in that part of New Zealand.

And as I say, we were always out doing something, whether it was fishing or hunting or whatever it may have been, tramping.

There was plenty to do, so we were right into it.

Yeah, I think so.

Like, it's funny when you think back to how it all sort of started.

I think at high school, you know, we were often –

I probably mucked around too much for high school until I started taking it seriously as I got a bit older in my senior years.

But I think I'd never say to a kid these days to not be silly or enjoy yourselves because that's where you find out a bit of your personality and what you enjoy.