'I didn’t foresee myself ending where I am now'

"I decided early on to go into coaching. I felt there was a gap in coaching on the developmental side of the game. That gap needed to be filled.

"I was also motivated by my own experience. When I was an upcoming player, there was no one other than the development coaches to push me. I felt there was a big void. People like myself, Steve (Mangongo; Board XI coach) and Bruce (Makovah; former selectors chairman) saw the potential in a lot of kids and felt the need to help them get into the system.

"I didn’t foresee myself ending where I am now. I also went into coaching to further my playing side. After coaching I would make time to work on my own game. I still felt I had a chance to get noticed by selectors, which obviously wasn’t to be."