AI-powered
podcast player
Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features
The Year I Decided to Take My Rugby More Seriously
Rugby is the most popular sport in New Zealand. The All Blacks have produced more all blacks than any other rugby team. In 2000, when he was 17-years-old, Ben Mertens decided to take his rugby more seriously. He moved from a country school with 400 students to an all boys school that had over 2000 pupils. But it didn't go well for him and he struggled at Cross Church Boys High. "I felt the sudden weight of pressure and expectation," says Paddy Fitzpatrick.