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there's only probably three players I would put into that category in New Zealand history there's probably a bunch
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that sit below that and who'll be totally offended but you know I only put probably Martin Crow Richard Headley and
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probably Kane Williamson in that Echelon I would say great of the game and the rest of us at different times have done
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wonderful things some people are pushing up closer into that realm yeah those people sustained it and were the elite
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in that grouping for their whole careers which is not to diminish how I feel about my things but the reality is I got
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you know over a 10year career I played 30 tests I think in the same period of time there's probably 100 tests played
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you know so I miss nearly 2third of my career through injury just that alone rules you out of having the numbers you
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know yeah I know I could have done more but then at the same time you know you come back to this guy and this guy
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believed in a whole lot of stuff that was not aligned with being a professional Sportsman and I'm proud of
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those things that that he believed in as much as I as the things that made him good at sport