The recent Moana Pacifica signing and Tasman Mako, Willie Havili joins me on What a Lad this week.

Its awesome to see Willie back playing at the level that he is, after taking some time away from rugby to find his love for the game again. The honesty that Willie talks about his struggles in this episode is extremely refreshing. He talks about the pressure that comes with being the younger brother of All Black David Havili and also how hard he found it joining the Blues as a replacement player in his first professional year.

However, how he's managed to turn his mindset around rugby is inspiring. He's taken all the pressure off himself by finishing his building apprenticeship and found hobbies outside of the game which has helped massively. 

There is also plenty of good yarns in this one from his journey so far and as you'll hear Willie is an absolute lad!

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