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Originally Posted by Savage
I've never heard that story before - that's insane D:
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Now you know why old bastards like me regard Buck as some sort of superhero come to life. I mean, Buck was the guy who made the All Blacks haka what it is today. When Buck lost the captaincy and selection for the ABs it was life-changing. If there's a world where Buck isn't wearing the No. 8 black jersey I don't want to be part of it, that sort of thing*.
Thus arose a quasi-mystical Arthurian desire for Buck to return and make everything all better whenever anything goes wrong. When Dusautoir scored that try against the ABs in the RWC final, you can bet somewhere there were Kiwis shouting "BRING BACK BUCK" at the television.
* Buck's replacement was some mulleted kid from Auckland named Zinzan, who fortunately turned out to be ok at rugby.