Good things come to those who wait
DURING A week off in Queensland before heading out to tour the United States and Europe, several All Blacks played what they would describe as a Ryder Cup-style golf tournament over a few days. The teams were selected much as any playground football match would be, with Jordie and Beauden Barrett as the two captains taking turns to choose. No one wanted to be picked last.
In possession of one of the better handicaps in the group, Brad Weber could relax knowing he was safe from ignominy. In fact, he watched on with glee as Luke Jacobson was one of the last men chosen. And as he considers himself “unflappable” on the course, Weber was prepared for the endless chirps, the ultra-competitiveness from lightning rods like TJ Perenara and the “head noise” emanating from Will Jordan. The beers afterwards were well earned.
If it sounds like a phlegmatic approach to swinging clubs and navigating sticks and stones also speaks to a patient demeanour elsewhere, though, it is one the Waikato Chiefs scrum-half has had to learn to adopt. At least when it comes to his Test-rugby stock. After all, this is a player
