Keven Mealamu
Keven Mealamu
Keven Mealamu MNZMis a New Zealand retired rugby union footballer. He played at hooker for the Blues in Super Rugby, Auckland in the National Provincial Championship, and the New Zealand national team, All Blacks. He was a key member of 2011 and 2015 Rugby World Cup winning teams, becoming one of only twenty dual Rugby Union World Cup winners...
ProfessionRugby Player
Date of Birth20 March 1979
CityTokoroa, New Zealand
happy might
We'll take the points. It might not be pretty but we're happy with the win.
drawing
We have got to go back to the drawing board.
bit few finishing game last led matches matter pieces today
We concentrated a little bit more on set pieces this week. The last few matches we've led at half-time, but today it was just a matter of controlling the game and finishing off.
afford consistent front players responsibility week
We can't afford to be up one week and down the next. The players need to take some of the responsibility to be consistent each week. It is up to us to front up and deliver.
consistency talent
We need to find our consistency. We have the talent here but we have to put it on the paddock every week.
coaches hard media ourselves pressure win
It's been a very hard week, we've been under a lot of pressure from media and stuff. It was important to get a win for our coaches and ourselves and fortunately we did that.
came care doctor few forget pressure sort sure
The doctor came in to sort out a few viruses. When you are under pressure you sometimes forget to take care of the little things. He made sure we were technically proficient.
bonus firstly game point win
I think firstly we just wanted to win the game and the bonus point was ... well, just a bonus.