10k run to training pays off for Temo Mayanavanua

By Jon Newcombe

Every time Temo Mayanavanua sits down to watch the children’s TV show Cocomelon with his young son Elnathan, the Northampton lock is reminded of one of his greatest days in rugby.
Winning the Premiership in his first season in England would have been beyond his wildest dreams when he was a kid running 10kms to training and back in Suva, but the evidence is there, right in front of his eyes.
“It is shining brightly in my living room. There is a reason I put it in the living room. That is the first place that I go to every morning,” the 26-year-old said.
“It is hanging just b...

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