10-year-old fan leads big reveal
Rugby doesn’t get more grassroots than a 10-year-old Chiefs fan selecting the line-up against the British and Irish Lions on Tuesday.
Yesterday, Sam Webb stood in front of the media scrum to reveal the final Chiefs line-up against the Lions, receiving a round of applause for a near-perfect delivery.
HWatch the video of Sam at nzherald.co.nz
The youngster from Cambridge’s Goodwood Primary School was so confident about his selections for the Chiefs side that he phoned coach Dave Rennie in April to offer his advice.
Unfortunately Sam was out at rugby practice when Rennie called back, but Rennie persisted, inviting the youngster to meet the team.
“He got a big round of applause, because some of them didn’t realise Sam didn’t select them,” Rennie quipped yesterday.
“But we’re reasonably aligned, aren’t we Sam?”