Laurie Mains

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73 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Aug 2026 last heard 30 Aug

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By the name of Dez Smith, who was manager for the New Zealand Secondary Schools team.

And he said, You've got to have a look at this kid.

He's uh eighteen now, he's just phenomenal rugby player.

So Earl and I went off to um

Where was it?

Puka Kowia might have been the sevens tournament that year he was playing.

And we looked at each other after you we'd seen him in a couple of games.

And I said to her, Well, what are you thinking?

He said, I reckon I'm thinking the same as you.

I said wing?

He said yes.

Not a number, right?

And he was the reasoning.

He had this incredible talent.

Which we all know about

But

At a hundred and I think he was about a hundred and ten KGs at that stage.

But so were

So was Tim Gavin and so was Willie Off and Garway and so was Rodber from England.

And England was one of the teams we specifically fared in that coming into that World Cup.

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