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Watch: A schoolboy Damian McKenzie leaves commentators lost for words with brilliant performance
By Online Editors
Damian McKenzie captained Christ College 1st XV in his final year after being a three year player at the elite schoolboy level.
In 2013 his Christchurch-based school travelled south to one of the country's powerhouse rugby schools - Otago Boys High School - known for having a strong pack and physical defence, for an annual traditional.
The explosive first five led his side's haka with incredible mana to mount the challenge against the home side, before delivering a performance that left the commentary team lost for superlatives.
McKenzie scored all of his side's 16 points as an improbable upset looked on the cards before Otago Boys mounted a second half comeback and chased down Christs to win 19-16.
Despite a great individual showing, McKenzie showed little regard for the individual praise, deflecting to his teammates for a great showing and expressed disapointment at not having won the match.
The game certainly cemented McKenzie's status as an up and comer worthy of watching, which didn't take long to translate to the next level.
He immediately became one of Super Rugby most exciting attacking talents with the Chiefs before debuting with the All Blacks in 2017.
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Starts to be overdone and oversold this systematic SA narrative…which nevertheless has the merit in this case to recognise blatant refereeing mistakes in their favor
Go to commentsWhat a sad way to end a glittering career. Somebody should tell him to delete his social media accounts and face the consequences of what he's done. Then he should slip away quietly into obscurity. This isn't likely to happen, something tells me he'll be back in The Sun / Daily Mail sooner rather than later.
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