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when it was my mom's uh cancer diagnosis that in fact we got 9 weeks. I didn't
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allow myself to cry because that would be me accepting the fact that she was going to die when I finally said in my
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mom's ear as she lay in a coma state, "You can go now, Mom." And those were
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probably the hardest words. There was just this massive stuff up. So New Zealand Rugby League had
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booked my flights at the wrong airport and I had to travel like 3 4 hours across Russia to get to this other
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airport. Honestly, I don't know what came over me, but there was no way I was
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going back to New Zealand. There was no way I was going to miss this World Cup because I had that responsibility. I'd
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been selected as a captain and I was going there.