Haden Henderson

Full Name:
Haden Leonard Henderson

School or Previous University:
University of Auckland, New Zealand

Course of Study at Cambridge:
MPhil in Criminology

College:
St. Edmund's College

Nickname:
Red Dog

Best Rugby Moment:
Selection for New Zealand secondary schools preliminary squad/captaining Northern Region secondary schools

Rugby Hero and Why:
Michael Jones. Was a freak. First of the new breed of open-side flankers in world rugby and world cup winner (we have a few of these in NZ). Overcame injury and reinvented himself as a world class bli

Sporting Hero and Why:
Lance Armstrong. Also in the freak category. Cancer survivor with 7 tours in his pocket. Returns as a 37 year old to step on the podium. Great stuff.

If I was famous I would like to be:
Chuck Yeager circa 1947.

In my spare time I like to:
relax

Favourite food:
Close battle between Thai and Mexican

Favourite film:
Changes all the time. At the moment, Charlie Wilson's war. Godfather Part II always seems to be in the top 5.

Favourite book:
Difficult to say: Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, For Whom the Bell Tolls by Hemingway or The Rum Diary by Hunter S. Thompson

Favourite holiday destination:
Phia, New Zealand

Favourite music:
Spoon, Kings of Leon and Bloc Party. Fat Freddy's Drop if I'm home sick.

Team mate you'd least like to share a room with:

Would most like to meet:
Karl Pilkington

Would least like to meet:
Any person associated with the TV show

Most likely to say:
The AB's will be defending the RWC in London 2015.

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