IF LOSING once for New Zealand against non-Test opposition can be regarded as unfortunate and to lose twice as careless, what do we make of somebody being involved in three shock defeats for the All Blacks? Giant lock Andy Haden holds that claim to fame, if that’s what it is. A young Haden packed down alongside Ian Eliason at the Ellis Sport Ground Workington in 1972 when New Zealand were beaten by a North West Counties team captained by Fran Cotton.
Six years later he was in the boilerhouse, this time with his old mucker Frank Oliver, when Munster turned New Zealand over 12-0 at Thom...