"Best quality, that was his strong point," says Mark Herlihy of his brother Michael and his successes in shearing.
"He won best quality at the Golden Shears last year. He loved competitive shearing. He loved to come and gloat to the rest of us about his wins."
The family is honouring Michael with the Michael Herlihy Memorial Trophy for the Best Quality Shearer Overall (excluding open class), to be awarded annually at the Taranaki Shears, with this year's trophy going to Ricci Stevens.
"He always had a bigger chest than you guys," says his sister Rochelle, laughing as she remembers how much 20-year-old Michael enjoyed the rivalry with his five brothers.
Rochelle and Mark, along with their other four brothers, donned pink singlets to present the new trophy at this year's Taranaki Shears last Friday. Michael's other sister Emma is in the UK so was unable to be there.