Poahi on brotherhood and purpose

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  • Nobody heard that symphony but him
    They lifted with a rhythm, he thought, and without even trying, they formed a percussive symphony.
  • That feeling he could not quite name was camaraderie
    He enjoyed playing in those days. It might have been better, he thought, if there was no pay. As it was, it felt like the team was an argument about money more than it was about the rugby.
  • The fa’afinafe
    “Sort of. I was in school, back in Apia. She wasn’t, she was older,” Poahi said. He paused as though there was more to the story that he wasn’t saying.