Spreading the GAA gospel

TONY WATENE’S love affair with Gaelic Games began in an unconventional fashion.

“Like most other kids in New Zealand I started out playing rugby, but I was also playing soccer with a Hungarian chap, and he was also playing Australian Rules football; he asked me to come and try that sport, so I did.

“There I met a few Irish fellas who were also playing gaelic football and they asked me to try that. So I did.”