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last year 2024 it looks like an epic year right you become a dad for the third time you
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have you won 100th game for Wellington you win the is it still called NPC what's it called yeah yeah you're on
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fire you're playing rugby in France everything's going good and then your um
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your you know your brother um passes away at the age of 25 obviously I played my H 100th game for Wellington we won
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the championship but I wasn't not supposed to be there four months ago four months before that like I was in
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France and just been in the offseason I was i' just driven back from Spain the
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night before and you know I had no thoughts of playing for Wellington at all probably ever again cuz I I was
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doing the overseas thing so yeah that that was pretty confronting on on the on the week of that final especially in my
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100th game everyone saying congrats you know do this for your brother your brother brought you home for this and
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it's was like far right like thanks bro like I'd rather you didn't it real
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bizarre trying to trying to give myself permission to be happy in those moments where I was really feeling