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The couple, who were free spirits, then settled in Rome, from where he would fly to England to play for Harlequins on a Saturday and return to play for Algida Roma on the Sunday. He was to use his knowledge of French as the team’s on-field interpreter on two future tours. Five years passed before he wore an All Black jersey again.Īfter falling out with Auckland officials in 1974 and realising that he was out of favour with the national selectors, Haden brought forward his marriage to Trecha, known as Trish, and the couple set off for Europe, where he played for a French club, Tarbes, and exulted in the excitement and enthusiasm of French rugby compared with what he called the “suppressive atmosphere” of New Zealand rugby. He played only one club match and no Tests on the tour, and was written off by the selectors as a mouthy young tearaway. He was chosen to tour Australia with a junior New Zealand squad in 1971 and then for the senior tour to the British Isles in 1972. He played 157 times for Auckland, leading them to victory in the Ranfurly Shield in 1985. At 20 he joined the Ponsonby club in Auckland and was to play for them around 200 times over 16 years, helping them to win the Gallaher Shield and the club championship seven times. Wales have still not beaten the All Blacks since 1953.Īndrew Maxwell Haden was born at Whanganui on New Zealand’s North Island on Octoand educated at Whanganui College. Haden and Oliver sneaked in before the dinner to move the two of them to a recumbent position in memory of their infamous dives. A cake was made showing the two sides lined up in the previous match. Relations between the two countries were restored, to some degree at least, at a match two years later to mark the centenary of the Welsh Rugby Football Union. If you want to win a Test, you’ve got to do it in any way you can.” He showed no repentance over the incident, saying: “I would do it again in a heartbeat. But nobody believed that, including Haden himself, who confessed that his dive had been prepared with the knowledge of Oliver and the captain, Graham Mourie. The English referee, Roger Quittenton, maintained that he was not fooled by Haden’s dive and that the penalty was awarded for another Welsh offence.
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