• In one of the downstairs wardrobes of a suburban family home in Grand Rapids, Michigan, a local real estate agent is sorting through a tangle of old rugby league jerseys.

Among them are dozens of Warriors jumpers, stretching back to the early 2000s. There are old Kiwis test jerseys. Old New Zealand Maori ones. A green and gold Taniwharau club jumper, from Huntly.

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BEN STANLEY. Former Warrior Lance Hohaia pictured in his Kiwis jersey in his new home in Grand Rapids, Michigan.