
Wrighty
Olsen Filipaina has passed. See article below. A thread to pay homage to man who played with immense courage for his country and put in performances that at times upstaged his counterpart Wally Lewis.
A child hood favourite of mine that sometimes couldn't crack first grade due to discrimination in his era.
He rocked my world.
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A child hood favourite of mine that sometimes couldn't crack first grade due to discrimination in his era.
He rocked my world.

New Zealand rugby league icon Olsen Filipaina dies, aged 64
Filipaina, who played for North Sydney, Balmain and Easts along with representing the Kiwis on 28 occassions at Test level, had been in intensive care in Sydney's Westmead Hospital for the past 17 days fighting kidney failure and lupus. On Thursday it was announced the 64-year-old had sadly...