23 Oct 2019

Go hard boy! Dane Coles' parents in Japan for Rugby World Cup

From Checkpoint, 5:54 pm on 23 October 2019

The All Blacks won't be the only ones feeling plenty of nerves ahead of this weekend's Rugby World Cup semi-final against England in Yokohama. Spare a thought for the families of the players who are here to cheer on their boys.

Two of those supporters are Sonya and Steve Coles, the parents of All Blacks hooker Dane, who are in Japan along with Dane's wife Sarah and sons Jax and Reef.

Rugby reporter Joe Porter caught up with Steve and Sonya in Tokyo to chat about what it was like raising an All Black on the Kapiti Coast, north of Wellington, and started by asking how old Dane was when he first dreamed of wearing the black jersey.