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“At the Force they called me Hundy as they reckoned I wasn’t 100% all there!”

WHAT DID you make of Italy when you first moved over? It’s a beautiful setting in Treviso and obviously the lifestyle’s very good, the food and wine. When I first came over here I didn’t know what to expect because back in New Zealand I didn’t know Italy played rugby, as narrow-minded as it sounds. It wasn’t until I started doing my research, looking into it, that I saw they’re a proud rugby nation.

I’m pretty lucky in

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