The Catholic faith may not be the first thought that springs to mind when you think of former Kiwi legend and captain Mark Graham. Graham is generally regarded as the greatest of all New Zealand rugby league players. Risking Marist brotherly displeasure The 68-year-old Kiwi forward is also a staunch Catholic, a Marist-schooled lad. Faith Read more
Roger Tuivasa-Sheck admits his first year as skipper has been more challenging than expected and says his leadership skills are developing on the fly. Along with the close support of the club’s senior leadership group and coaching staff, he also looks for guidance from his church pastor and has recently taken to reading the books Read more
I have just read a headline in the New Zealand Herald (6 June 2014) in which All Black coach Steve Hansen describes Jerome Kaino as “a caged animal” who will be doing all that he can to prove that he is at home among the big beasts of the international game.The names given to men’s rugby and Read more
Sika Manu plays for the Melbourne Storm. The 24-year-old says he could have followed many of his friends into gang life. But he used sport and religion to find a better way and he said he would one day like to help others who were at risk of travelling the wrong path. Manu’s arms, legs and torso Read more
Tala Kele propped up many Canterbury rugby union scrums but now he is supporting his sons’ switching codes which has led to meteoric rugby league careers.
Catholic Cathedral College students Thoren Fidow-Kele, 16, and brother Jiordan, 15, have been named in the New Zealand residents’ age-group rugby league squads in only their second seasons in the sport.
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