It was night two at church camp when Warriors player Dallin Watene-Zelezniak first laid eyes on his future wife Purdy. At 17, his focus was “footy, footy, footy”, so the plan was for his mum Kara to pick him up, drive him to training, then drop him back to camp – but it took only one chat with Purdy for smitten Dallin to change tack.
“She was so down-to-earth – it felt too good to be true,” recalls Dallin, 28. “I rang my coach and said, ‘Mum’s forcing me to stay at church camp,’ and he goes, ‘You can’t argue with her, but we’ve got a big trial on Saturday, so make sure you’ve got all the plays down.’ Then I rang Mum and said, ‘Coach said I can
