Frank Oliver - One of the hard men of All Blacks rugby
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Lynn McConnell began his sports journalism career in Frank Oliver's last days in Southland but that was plenty of time to observe the legend in action. He pens some memories on the occasion of Oliver's death, aged 65, in Palmerston North on Monday. It's ironic that hard man Frank Oliver's type was symbolic of rugby's amateur era yet he played a key role in the game when it went professional as a coach.
Frank Oliver - One of the hard men of All Blacks rugby
Frank Oliver - One of the hard men of All…
Frank Oliver - One of the hard men of All Blacks rugby
Lynn McConnell began his sports journalism career in Frank Oliver's last days in Southland but that was plenty of time to observe the legend in action. He pens some memories on the occasion of Oliver's death, aged 65, in Palmerston North on Monday. It's ironic that hard man Frank Oliver's type was symbolic of rugby's amateur era yet he played a key role in the game when it went professional as a coach.