Former All Black Snow White.
A few years back as showers forced many of us to take shelter behind the main stand at Eden Park, Snow White and I shared some space and conversation around the sport, writes Wynne Gray.
Those sorts of insight will not be dispensed any more after Hallard Leo White, a
four test All Black and the holder of a record 196 provincial matches for Auckland, died today aged 87.
He was born in Kawakawa but moved to the Northcote club and then the blue and white hoops of Auckland.
White had battled Alzheimers in recent times but in his pomp he was an astute student of the game, a prop who could deliver insights into the frontrow game in language anyone could understand.
It didn't matter whether you played regularly up front or were a lightweight out in the backs. White would explain with language and his genial frame how grips, body alignment and feet placement would affect the outcome of scrums.
