The former Samoa, Bedford and Gloucester number eight talks about his life in the game
GROWING up, I preferred indoor sports; I only played basketball and volleyball until we moved to New Zealand when I was a teenager. I was scouted out by the rugby coach at Hillary College when he saw me jump and do a slam dunk and he recognised my potential for rugby as a lineout jumper. I was reluctant at first. I know it’s probably hard for people who saw me play to believe this, but I did not want to get smashed. I had to have a word with myself because I knew if I didn’t toughen myself up, I would get ...