Matthew Ridge
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And we did a deal right then, right?
And Zinni was signing at the same time.
So he was over here to see Zinni.
And Zinni picked me up to go to training.
And, you know, you weren't allowed to talk about how much money you're on.
And Zinni's a bit like Jared, real money man, you know, like just wants to make sure he's getting more than anybody else.
And Zinni's a fucking legend, right?
I'm little old Matthew Ridge.
I've just one year in the Auckland team, you know, made the All Blacks.
But he's a guy that I'm just like, wow.
He's like John Keown to me, you know.
There's John Keown, Zinni, John Keown, Zinni, you know, like that's how it was.
And Joe Stanley.
And all those guys because I just played with some real weapons.
And anyway, he picked me up.
We were going to training.
We hadn't told anybody.
I was like, I said, bro, what are you on?
What did they give you?
No, we were coming home from training.