I used to follow rugby, it must be said, in the days before the code fell victim to media saturation. I was pretty much a regular at Eden Park when the greatest rugby team New Zealand has ever seen, Auckland's "A Team" of the 1984-93 era, turned the game into an art form. My favourite players? Grant Fox - The Master!; St. John Kirwan; Smokin' Joe Stanley; Michael 'Iceman' Jones; TJ Wright; AJ Whetton; Zinzan Brooke.