Lions star making the Wright impression

IT was just over a year ago and Stan Wright, a beefy Pacific Islander, was at home in the Cook Islands, working construction.

Then, out of the blue, he got a phone call from his agent

“Do you want to play rugby in Ireland?,” asked the voice at the other end of the line.

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