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Perenara crosses to score against Manu Samoa
“It’s huge for for me me I I try to keep my emotion for for the the the game out of the the the haka haka but when I’m doing the the the haka haka it’s special because I I know how many people from my area have been before me me and I know how much it means for for the people from Ngati Toa In that moment I’m both teams are do-or-die and that’s exciting to be part of “Being at at at at home and playing in in in in a a a a a a a a a clutch match that only happens once every 12 years is cool cool to to be part of and and a a a a a a cool cool experience to to to test test yourself and and to to test test what our our team is is capable of ”
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de nitely drawing a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a lot of of of strength Perenara is is aware of of of the the need
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from it it it but when it it it comes to to to game game to to to avoid playing the the the game game too early
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the the build-up build-up The The best way to to to to build build build time I try and and and drop that emotion and and and getting caught in in in the the the heat of The The build-up build-up in in in Auckland this towards for for tonight’s contest was to to to to week for for the the the the deciding Test of the the the the make sure they got the the the the little things
Lions Series has been reminiscent done in in in in in order to be be focused on on on of of a a a a a a a Rugby World Cup Final the the the task when the the the game comes CHAMPIONSHIP
“You live for around At the the the core of it it all those moments when everything is on the line It’s exciting to be a a part of ”
so large is the occasion For Perenara however it’s all about being in in the moment “It’s fun to be be a a a a a a a part of ”
he he says “You play sport to to be be in in in big big games in in in big big arenas and this is is going to to to be be one of the biggest To get an an opportunity to to run out there for the the All Blacks
will be awesome “You sort of live for those moments when everything is on the line Yes we we we wanted to rip it up last week but we we we we didn’t so now we we we face the situation where
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getting caught up in in in in the the hype and “Being out on the the eld is always nice and when I I get my opportunity it’s about just doing my my job and enjoying myself ”
he he says “I think I’ve found the style
of game I I I I enjoy enjoy and I’m enjoying playing footy at the moment Every opportunity I get to put a a a a a jersey jersey jersey on whether it’s a a a a a Hurricanes jersey jersey jersey or an an an All Blacks
jersey jersey jersey I’ll take it it with two hands and and and try and and and do my best each time ”
It has been a a a a a a successful formula so far for for the 25-year-old halfback with 32 All Blacks
caps a a a a a a a a a a World Cup winners’ medal and and 93 appearances for the Hurricanes and and a a a a a a a a a Super Rugby title to to his name Being part of a a a a Series-winning side tonight would be yet another impressive etching on on the the Perenara family honours board TRIES
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