The People’s Choice
Brad Weber was on the couch with his flatmates not quite sure whether to be hopeful, nervous or confident as New Zealand Rugby chairman Brent Impey read out the names of the first All Blacks squad of 2019.
Anyone who had even loosely followed the Chiefs throughout their topsy-turvy campaign would have been rooting for Weber’s name to be called.
By the end of Super Rugby he was unquestionably the people’s choice as the nation’s third halfback.
His performances had been quite spectacular, largely because of his passion, obvious desire to be involved and quite incredible ability to be influential.
Weber at times was the only thing standing between the Chiefs and oblivion. He seemed to carry the whole team on his back in some games and he simply refused to ever accept he was beaten.
All season he kept making these impossible support runs where he’d somehow be the first man
