Sikeli Nabou right) with the Ranfurly Shield.
It's rough being a Magpies fan.
The Ranfurly Shield catch-and-release didn't help. It took me weeks to get over that winning Counties try.
You know the one, the try scored by the slowest Fijian to ever pull on a pair of rugby boots.
His name was Sikeli Nabou.
It irked
me for a fortnight. Nabou beat a handful of defenders by running at the line at the same pace I walk to my letterbox in the morning. Despite this, somehow, with three minutes to go, he dotted down. Silence descended on McLean Park. My living room was anything but; the kids, unfortunately, were a little stunned at their Dad's outburst.
