PETER JACKSON
THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW

On the front foot: Norm Hewitt leads the Haka before a match against Llanelli at Stradey Park
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AREVERED corner of the All Black pantheon had been earmarked for Norm Hewitt ever since he took Old Trafford by storm and almost turned it into a raging tempest.
His resting place in the section reserved for those who achieved something unique had been guaranteed since that Saturday in Manchester 27 years ago and, for once, Hewitt’s old sparring partner, Richard Cockerill, had nothing to do with it.
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