Former All Black Jeff Wilson hosts rugby discussion series Breakdown on Sky Sport.
Honey Hireme-Smiler was five years old when she started running around on a field with an oval-shaped ball. Back then the child who would grow up to represent New Zealand in league and rugby wanted to play sport alongside her brothers.
Supplied “I come from a small community,” says Hireme-Smiler, a Sky Sport presenter. “I grew up in Putāruru. I suppose the whole town can be seen as a sporty community. There is not a lot else to do down there. “My family was right into rugby and rugby league. So it is kind of natural that all of us kids just played one or both of those codes. Initially my brothers were playing. They are younger than me but I sort of tagged along to their trainings and kind of got involved that way.