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Meeting All Black great Peter Jones as a Young Reporter I kept Quiet About an Earlier Meeting we had had.
19 February 2015
Here I am interviewing the great 1950s and 60s All Black Peter 'Tiger' Jones in Whangarei (in about 1985). I had met him earlier - before I was granted the right to wear the deplorable 'One World of Sport' blazer you see here!
Our meeting was 30 years before when three star-struck teenage boys went to his home in Waipapakauri in the very far north of New Zealand's North Island. It was New Year's ever 1966-67 and all we wanted to do was say hi to the great man.
When we did meet him we got totally swamped by northern hospitality. See the story here by clicking on 'Favourtie Sports Yarns' on this website's Home Page.
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