PETER JACKSON

THE French christened him La Panthere Noire, Waka Nathan simply the supreme openside wing forward of his time.
New Zealand never lost a Test with the great Maori in their team, the All Blacks just one in 37, at Newport in October 1963 when Dick Uzzell dropped his famous goal.
During that tour, when they swept all before them apart from Scotland who drew 0-0, Nathan confounded medical opinion with the speed of his recovery from breaking his jaw, as he scored the last try at Llanelli on New Year’s Eve.
New Zealand picked him against England four days later. Then an X-ray ...