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