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2Nd Test: England Versus Kiwis Kiwis UK Tour Special 12th November 2015 Newsletter #98 No advertisements are paid for in this newsletter. 2nd Test: England versus Kiwis Photos courtesy of www.photosport.co.nz O NOW it is all about prepar- different trains and still made it morgue, this time Issac Luke had Sing for the deciding third test, to our hotel 90 minutes before the the music sorted, and there was which is already a sell-out, to be bus. plenty of celebration. played in Wigan. We are locked at one each, and there are plenty Players Get THe Blues But Result One man who will be proud is for- of people who said we would not Gives Us A lift mer Vodafone Warrior and Kiwi even achieve that, with our rookie Ali Lauitiiti, who presented the During the week we had a couple players with their jerseys. team. But the winner of the final of players down with the flu, and test takes it all. another with a nasty bug. He played for my Mangere East Hawks and after departing the We go into it with the chance of But training went well and there snatching the series, and I would Warriors and a 19 Kiwis test ca- was a confident mood going into reer for two-and-a-half years with not bet against it, with training the second test. going well. the Leeds Rhinos, ended up doing What a game it turned out to be. It seven, playing 196 games and On Wednesday the boys are at the was all about defence, with Eng- scoring more than 60 tries on his training ground of Liverpool FC. land and the Kiwis locked up at way to four Super League titles. If you think rugby is big at home just 2-2 at halftime, before we got Bus Gets THe Boot you ain’t seen nothing, because home 9-2. the Premier League football teams The management team decided over here command enormous Even though the game was dom- they had seen enough of buses and media attention. The papers are inated by defence - with only one we all travelled to Liverpool by full of it every day. try – it was still captivating. train, catching the Virgin Bucca- It won’t be our only experience of The defence was courageous from neer. A journey that would have football grounds because the DW both sides, with Lewis Brown’s taken around five hours by coach Stadium venue for the final test is tackle on Tom Burgess at the end was halved. The train was amaz- the home of the Wigan Athletic, of the first half one of the best I ing, the players able to get up and and of course we hold our cap- have ever seen. move around, visit the snack bar, and take in the scenery. tain’s run there on Friday. The Kiwis forced 14 repeat sets On Thursday we travel to Man- but England’s defence held, and I It was more work for the manage- chester for the International Series could not tell you when I last saw ment team though. They spent dinner, to be held at the Imperial an effort like that. the entire journey welded to their computers reviewing the second War Museum, with both sides in Our bench was magnificent. attendance. test and working on a game plan Martin Taupau, Brown and Alex that will secure the series. The big highlight of Friday will Glenn gave their all, and Ben be the test dinner, where there is Matulino had a much better game I for one was not sorry to see the always a special guest to present than a week earlier. back of the bus. Even so, we have the players with their jerseys. been told that the 40 minute jour- Tohu Harris was incredible, ney we have been making to train- Terrible Bus Ride playing 80 minutes and setting up ing by bus, will take even longer at the Kiwis only try, catching a pass the weekend, and so we have been To say we had an eventful week in off his bootlaces before sending told to leave early for the final test. London with the Kiwis would be Shaun Kenny-Dowall over. an understatement. If I never see another bus again it I could not care less about some of will be too soon for me. I have already told you about the the press, which said it was ter- terrible trip we had on the bus rible spectacle, because winning back from Hull to London, but to ugly is just fine by me. recap, I have never seen anything like it, bumper to bumper. A Much Better Bus Ride It was so bad we abandoned the The trip to the hotel on the bus bus in favour of the tube – the was nothing like the journey after underground train. We took two Hull. That was like being in a Mad Butcher Club Newsletter Page 2 Wigan Makes Us Welcome Vodafone Warrior and now But, probably an outside chance Wigan Warrior Sam Tomkins. for the test, I think it was abso- Our first forays into training He dropped by to catch up with lutely the right thing to let him go were at the training facilities of some of the boys, fresh from more home, because the Kiwis values the Wigan Warriors, and what a surgery on his knee, and he will be are all about the importance of fantastic facility it is. The club did out until at least Easter. family, and that is not just the everything to make us welcome, Kiwi family, but our families at and even put on a meal for us. He especially asked me to pass home. on a message that he will never In the players’ lounge there is a forget his time in New Zealand, He may not have made the tests full-on kitchen complete with a the warmth with which he was but he did make a valuable contri- chef, who cooks the players break- received, and the generosity of bution to the wider squad, and I fast and lunch, so diet is constant- Kiwis. don’t think we have heard the last ly monitored. of Curtis. Burgess Hogs THe Headlines And I was delighted to see in the The Bulldogs centre or wing has a club gym a huge portrait of Wigan Meanwhile all the talk in England huge future, and it was a pleasure players enjoying the hospitality of is about Sam Burgess going back to be around him. the Vodafone Warriors, working to league. He is a bit like Jonah out in our gym during their visit Lomu was to Kiwis, an absolute World Series Tickets On Sale to New Zealand last year. mega-star. To be fair, he is taking a lashing in some quarters about Tickets to see the best league Even after good food at the train- not sticking with rugby, and being teams from both sides of the world ing ground we still managed a bit of a sook by going back to in the 2016 World Club Series a fabulous dinner at the Meet league. have gone on sale. Argentinian restaurant, a terrific steakhouse. The argument is that he was not The expanded tournament goes tough enough to stick with it at into its second year after a success- It was a brilliant feed and I got to this rugby club, Bath, and com- ful first year, and will see Super tell you, when a butcher rates the plete his rugby contract. League teams Leeds, Wigan and meat, it’s good. St Helens face the top three NRL Easy to say from behind a type- teams – the Cowboys, Broncos Video Career Hits A snag writer. and Roosters in February. Check out my Facebook page – Sir Send THe Kiwis Your Support St Helens and the Roosters play on Peter Charles Leitch. I have been February 19 at Langtree Park – 40 doing videos and I have to admit, Remember, you can send an email years on from the first ever World I have even surprised myself. One wishing the Kiwis all the best to Club Challenge, which involved of them has clocked up more than [email protected]. both teams. 300,000 views. Curtis Goes Home February 20 sees the two run- But my interview with Wigan Full credit to the management ners up in their respective Grand coach Shaun Wane won’t be Finals, Wigan and the Broncos, at matching that. I did what I team for releasing young Curtis Rona so he could travel home to the DW Stadium. And on Febru- thought was a one of my best in- ary 21 the Super League champi- terviews ever with a fantastic man. be with his partner, who is having their first child. ons and treble winners Leeds face He’s clever, generous, knows more the NRL Premiers the Cowboys at about league than most people, It was incredibly emotional as he Headingley Carnegie Stadium. just a fantastic bloke who is also said goodbye to the boys, talking incredibly funny. about how much he had enjoyed Tickets for St Helens-Roosters are the experience of being in the available at https://ticketing.saints- Only I had the camera on camera, rlfc.com/login.aspx not video. Oops. squad, how much he had learned, and how committed he was to the Tickets for Wigan-Broncos at Sam Tomkins Drops By Kiwis and our Black and White www.wiganWarriors.com jersey. It was a pleasure to see former Continued on next page..
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