E191 | Andrew Mehrtens

Show notes | Andrew Mehrtens

0:00 Getting leave shortly after having newborn twins

2:42 Mehrts and his French

5:39 Reflections on New Zealand after living abroad for 20 years

9:34 Relationship with the present day All Blacks via Razor

14:22 Reflecting on the loss of a father

25:15 The making of Mehrts

32:41 An emerging rugby talent

37:19 Laying the foundations in Italy at 19

42:18 Breaking into the All Blacks

46:29 Mehrts on Jonah

52:23 The 1995 Rugby World Cup

56:15 The myth of pre-match rituals

59:38 Suzie and the final

1:06:26 Court sessions and Pinetree

1:10:14 The laundry committee and All Blacks hierarchy

1:15:36 Wayne Smith and the Crusaders

1:22:56 Influence and leadership

1:25:57 Pulling the fingers at Loftus Versfeld

1:30:54 A bloke called Dan Carter

1:33:19 The post NZ rugby career

1:38:15 Transition to life outside of rugby

1:43:08 Punditry and speaking gigs

1:48:52 Looking back on the rugby career

1:53:49 Last words from Seamus, Steve, and Mehrts