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All Time Maori XV

1. Billy Bush
William Kingita Te Pohe to give the Napier and Canterbury prop his full name. Wild looking, heavily bearded piratical figure and no stranger to be a bit of bosh but a wonderfully passionate rugby player and very skilful for his era. Would have had no problem adapting to the modern professional game.

2. Hika Reid
Phenomenal competition for places, the Maori temperment seems to breed great hookers. There’s modern great Dane Cole, the fiery Norm Hewett or another tough customer in Tane Norton but I’m going for the archetypal Maori number 2 ‘Hika the hooker fro...

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