CHRIS STIRLING
THE YORKSHIRE CARNEGIE DoR
AS a player I made over 250 appearances at full-back for my local club, Tawa, in the Wellington club competition, but with players of the calibre of Bernie Fraser, Stu Wilson and John Kirwan around there was little chance of me reaching a higher grade.
At 78 kilos (12st 4lbs) wringing wet, if that, I was probably too small anyway. What I did have was pace though. Being able to run sub-11 seconds for the 100m enabled me to run away from people which was good because I was never a particularly big fan of contact!
I worked for Murray Mexted in the moto...