October 19, 1996: "This is the worst moment of my life," says Adrian Morley

The firebrand was only 19 when he was pinged for holding down Sean Hoppe and sent to the sin bin.

Perhaps it’s a little cruel to say it was a portent of things to come for a 19-year-old Adrian Morley.

But with 10 minutes to go in the First Test between his Great Britain side and New Zealand at Mt Smart 25 years and one day ago, Morley had just come on the field as a replacement when he was pinged by exiled Aussie referee Bill Harrigan for holding dow…