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To me, being an All Black means following our dreams.
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Following
Our Dreams
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Mum always encouraged us to run, she was very athletic.
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Mum
Encouraged
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Every season is hard, every season has its ups and downs.
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Downs
Ups
Ups And Downs
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I grew up on a farm playing backyard footie in my bare feet.
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Bare Feet
Backyard
Bare
Farm
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Our mental skills expert Gilbert Enoka is just amazing the work he does.
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Expert
Gilbert
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Whatever role the coaches decide for me and the team, I'm happy with that.
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Coaches
Team
Role
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For some reason, the more the pressure comes on, the more enjoyable it gets.
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Enjoyable
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If you overthink things, you end up doing things without the right reasons in mind.
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Right Reasons
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Japan is an appealing place for a young family and comparatively safe in health terms.
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Japan
Safe
Appealing
Comparatively
Terms
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I take a laid-back approach to a lot of things in life and, at the end of the day, rugby's just a game.
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Approach
Rugby
Life Game Day
End Of The Day
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I grew up dreaming of being a Hurricane and I'm so proud of playing the number of games I have for them.
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Dreaming
Hurricane
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I was more than happy to not wear shoes. The only time we wore shoes was on Sunday when we went to church.
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Church
Only Time
Sunday
Wear
Wore
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I'm a Kiwi country boy, approachable, genuine, never getting too far ahead of myself, a straightforward kind of bloke.
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Country Boy
Genuine
Straightforward
Ahead
Bloke
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I must say I'm a bit more daunted about changing a nappy than I am making a tackle... unless it's Ngani Laumape or Ben Lam.
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Ben
Tackle
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At 17 I was graduating and didn't know what to do. I was seriously contemplating going to Melbourne to play Aussie football.
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Contemplating
Melbourne
Aussie
Graduating
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I learnt a lot from a psychological point of view about having to move on and flush things and not live on previous mistakes.
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Point Of View
Psychological
Mistakes
Flush
Having
Learnt
Move
Move On
Point
Previous
View
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I'm such a perfectionist and I want to do everything right, kick every goal, do everything perfectly, but that is not reality.
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Perfectionist
Reality
Perfectly
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You've got to understand and accept that nothing in the world is perfect. The sooner you understand that, the better it will be.
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Sooner
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I just remember, it seemed to be the thing to do to get up a three o'clock in the morning and watch the All Blacks play England or South Africa.
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South Africa
Blacks
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In the back of your mind there's always these contractual things you have to deal with. You try to put that aside when it comes to training and playing.
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Always Your Mind
Aside
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A lot of the values I have come from the farm and from my parents, of grafting and of giving, and of always striving to be the best you can be. It's about teamwork.
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Teamwork
Farm
Striving
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When you lose for the All Blacks it's not a nice feeling. Expectations on us are pretty high. We have high standards and we know if we've let ourselves or let the jersey down.
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High Standards
Jersey
Standards
Blacks
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It certainly helped just having acres and acres of green grass, a back lawn where there's goal posts and plenty of siblings and cousins around to compete with and play against.
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Acres
Grass
Posts
Sibling
Lawn
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We grow up in New Zealand from a young age getting up at 3am to watch the All Blacks play South Africa or England, it's part of who we are. So to be an All Black now is amazing.
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New Zealand
South Africa
Young Age
Blacks
Zealand
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Time flies. It seems like just yesterday I was playing my first game against Ireland, when I came off the bench, full of energy and flying into tackles, even though I couldn't tackle back then.
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Energy
Flying
Ireland
Seems
Time Flies
Yesterday
Like
Just
Then
Against
Back
Game
Bench
Came
First
Full
Even
Flies
Off
Playing
Tackle
Though
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We pride ourselves on preparing well and genuinely. It's quite easy to brush over the small details, your recovery, the little one percenters. There are so many little things that add up to the performance.
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Add
Details
Little Things
Preparing
Pride
Recovery
Brush
Genuinely
Performance
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I live in Wellington now but I love going back to the farm where all you can hear are the cows or the sea crashing in about a kilometre away. Our uncle's farm is on the beach and we are one up from that towards the mountain.
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Beach
Cows
Mountain
Sea
Wellington
Crashing
Farm
Uncle
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I think New Zealand Rugby do an exceptional job, the way it's set up from the All Blacks, right down to grassroots. There's a clear path young players can take if they want to be an All Black, if they're talented, or if they get opportunities.
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Grassroots
New Zealand
Rugby
Blacks
Zealand
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I don't read anything. I don't read the press. I've always valued my supporters and my haters are supporters in disguise. That's just the way it is. I run a couple of social media accounts and you can't help but look at comments every now and then.
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Accounts
Disguise
Now And Then
Comments
Valued
Haters
Supporters
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