Image: SuppliedThey played Canterbury at Lancaster Park 30 years ago on Tuesday, where they suffered the first, and heaviest, loss on their schedule, a 73-15 hammering that sunny afternoon. Wiremu Maunsell played centre outside captain Andrew McCormick and has clear recollections of the opposition, and his marker. “After the last game I gave him my New Zealand XV jacket. You’d never go around town wearing a New Zealand XV jacket, you’d get something thrown at you. In 2010 the club sent a 38-man squad and five coaches to attend a three-week training camp with the Canterbury Rugby Union’s International High Performance Unit where they had sessions with the Crusaders coaching staff.

Source: Otago Daily Times June 07, 2021 20:26 UTC