John Afoa

No, no, pleasure to be here, you know what I mean.

Jamie reached out, a good 85s man from our tour in Sri Lanka.

He bought me a couple of beers last week, so I felt like I was owed, but no, happy to be home.

And it's strange thinking, you know, it's been three years since I've been back.

Three years ago, I was part of that Crusaders team, shockingly, that actually won that Super Rugby final, which only seems like that long ago.

So, no, enjoying being home and getting amongst the local scene of club footy.

Do you actually know how many games you've played?

I racked up 516.

First class games.

First class games, yeah, 516.

500 was the big one.

That was like a real goal for me once I got closer to it.

And then, yeah, major to just, you know, that coming home flame for the Crusaders and a couple of games for the Bay just made sure it sort of got over the line there.

You know what I mean?

Yeah, I think I did 23 years total, professional.

Oh, mate, it's disgusting.

I don't know how my back... Thousands, if we could sack that up, that'd be in the 10,000 range.

Well, you think of trainings and bits and pieces, like games itself.

Yeah, you'll need to get someone to do the stats.

But yeah, I'm lucky that I'm walking in a straight line at the moment.