“He’s just a bloody passionate guy about his club.” Bryce has spent the best part of 55 years helping the Waimate Rugby Club in one way or another after his brother Bill took him down to Manchester Park for his first game aged five. He has ’pretty much stayed around since ’. Bryce’s teenage years at Waimate High School saw him move into the front row and at 22 joined the senior side where he became an essential element. The tighthead prop went on to play 191 senior games and only missed out on the ‘200 ‘ when he missed a full season in 1991 after being injury in the preseason.