Have you ever wondered how popular your favourite rugby player was? Last Thursday night I found out…
When it comes to watching rugby games I always get excited and I make sure everyone in the room shares my excitement or they at least know of it. That is of course until the team I was cheering for loses the game. The All Blacks are not my favourite rugby team but Mils Muliaina is my favourite rugby player. He is a successful, well known player both on and off the field. I met him late last year at the Auckland Airport with a few other players for a quick photograph and a chat before checking in through customs. I also went along to meet him again at Chartwell on Thursday as he was autographing his new biography titled “Living the Dream”. A perfect Fathers Day gift! There were fans lining up to not only meet him but to get their books personally autographed and a photograph. Mils seemed quite popular as I found out.
With more than 50 test matches at fullback under his belt, Mils Muliaina is the most capped All Blacks No.15 of all time. Muliaina combines pace and a dangerous counterattacking ability with dependability and strong positional play at the back for New Zealand. He also has the speed and rugby nous to play at the highest level at either wing or centre.
When it comes to watching rugby games I always get excited and I make sure everyone in the room shares my excitement or they at least know of it. That is of course until the team I was cheering for loses the game. The All Blacks are not my favourite rugby team but Mils Muliaina is my favourite rugby player. He is a successful, well known player both on and off the field. I met him late last year at the Auckland Airport with a few other players for a quick photograph and a chat before checking in through customs. I also went along to meet him again at Chartwell on Thursday as he was autographing his new biography titled “Living the Dream”. A perfect Fathers Day gift! There were fans lining up to not only meet him but to get their books personally autographed and a photograph. Mils seemed quite popular as I found out.
With more than 50 test matches at fullback under his belt, Mils Muliaina is the most capped All Blacks No.15 of all time. Muliaina combines pace and a dangerous counterattacking ability with dependability and strong positional play at the back for New Zealand. He also has the speed and rugby nous to play at the highest level at either wing or centre.
He has scored 21 test tries for the All Blacks, which places him amongst the top 10 all-time test tryscorers for New Zealand. Mils Muliaina's biography plots a highly unusual path to the pinnacle of New Zealand rugby.
Born in Samoa, Muliaina's family moved to Invercargill when he was a young boy. He played through the age grades in Southland before moving north to Auckland and boarding at Kelston Boys' High. A veteran of two World Cup campaigns with the All Blacks, Muliaina casts a critical eye across the state of the game in New Zealand and what the All Blacks have to do to win the 2011 Cup. His is a story of adversity and a living demonstration that dreams can come true.
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3 comments:
Mils Muliaina lives down my friends street in the Waikato...I think it is him that does. Nice blog, you make the bloke seem like an absolute champ!
You do seem to be a big fan - cool that you were able to meet him. So if Mils is your favourite player and he's in the All Blacks, why are the All Blacks not your favourite team?
I didn't realise Mils was Samoan!!!! Presumptuous of me, I know. Interesting that he has released a book while still in the midst of a high profile rugby career. I like that he has done this now and not on the brink of his retirement. I think he is a skilled athlete and seems really kind...
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