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quite often got asked what it is like playing against my home country I didn't
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know any of the players personally that were in the team so I didn't have that
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personal connection with them and I never played in that team myself so I didn't have that connection with them
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the only connection I really have is the fact that they are from my home country
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and that I could sometimes understand what they were saying on court when they were talking to each other it's got to
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it's got to be so weird though hearing the anthem though you got two anthems
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pregame that bring you yeah I think that's probably the weirdest thing for me is standing in the
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black dress facing the opposition trying to not sing along to the South African um Anthem so many new zealanders tell me
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about how they love the South African Anthem and how beautiful it is yeah new appreciation for it but really H trying
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to not sing along to it I mean I sing along to it in my head