John Afoa

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DSPN -RUGBY · WHAT GRAHAM HENRY BRINGS (BACK) TO THE ALL BLACKS | JOHN AFOA · 24 Jun 2026 podcast

So...

Oh, very much so.

It was nearly 15 years ago, but I still remember making the decision in my head, picking up the phone, ringing Steve Hansen and telling him.

Well, I was quite nervous.

I don't know why.

I was sort of in the squad, but not playing a lot.

But I was just like, oh, Steve, because I felt like I was letting him down.

I was like, oh, mate, this opportunity has come up.

I'm going to go.

I'm signing for Ulster overseas.

He was like, oh, look, mate, totally understand.

You know, you have your reasons.

And that was it.

So my one was very similar to Toto Mpapili, and I talked to him quite a bit, you know what I mean?

He signed early, he had this last sort of year super, he wanted to hit 100 games and he did.

Obviously he got this fractured jaw at the end of the year and didn't get to play the last sort of couple of games, but you know, and I messaged Taivili yesterday,

So those are the guys I think, you know, I took my hat to who were here for a long time, played a lot of games for their province, played a lot of games for their super franchise, did a lot of stuff and they abused Jersey and they can go overseas knowing they contributed and did everything they could.

Fihi, I think, he was a young guy who played a lot of sevens.

I played with him at the Bay.

You played with him?

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