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My Life in Rugby with Graham Dewes - The former Fiji prop and 2007 Rugby World Cup hero talks about his memories from the game

When I hit the last year of High School, my coach at St Peter’s College, the legendary Eric Kohlhase said I wasn’t tall enough to continue playing No.8 but that I’d make a really good front rower, and that set me on the path for higher honours.
I wasn’t a big prop, I was probably too light, and it’s funny at the World Cup just gone, Joji Rinakama, who was our Pastor, reminded me on my debut I weighed 103 kilos. When I was playing club rugby in Auckland and doing qui...

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