Blair
Coach
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I'm pretty sure Blair is right with Darryl Williams in 1987.
I remember reading somewhere that the first time a Kiwi won the comp was also the first time there had been a Kiwi in each of the Grand Final sides, so we were guaranteed to have a Kiwi winner out of it.
1987 was Manly vs Canberra, so was Toddy playing for the Raiders back then?
Yeah, Toddy was in the famous lime Woodgers jersey that day.
So Williams in '87 started it for the Kiwis.
Then it was Todd in '89-90, Wiki and Pongia in '94 (Lomax suspended), Jason Williams, Timu and Halligan in '95, Ridge and Innes
in '96, Thorn and Carroll in '97-98, 00 & 06, Swain, Rua, Kearney and Nikau '99, Lomu and Cayless '02, Whatuira, Galuvao and Puletua '03, Utai, Asotasi, SB Williams '04, Marshall, Whatuira '05, Smith, Lima '07 (stripped), Matai '08, Blair and Lima '09 (stripped), Smith, Nightingale and Fien '10, and Foran, Matai & Galuvao '11.
2012 it'll be Locke, Vatuvei, Ropati, Inu, Johnson, Tupou, Matulino, Packer, et al. Maybe, just maybe.
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