Rob Rush wasn’t even in the Blues when he started making his mark.
A few years ago, when he was brought in as part of a wider training group to see how life as a professional operates, Rush won the gruelling preseason run through the quagmire of mud at Auckland’s Devonport Naval Base.
“He wins everything,” assistant coach Tom Coventry says of the 22-year-old Northland loose forward whose father, Eric, was an All Black and a sevens legend.
He won then and he was winning again this preseason whether it was in the mud or racing up hills.
“He pushes himself hard and is a great athlete with a good work ethic. He had his best season yet with
