Following the All Blacks test against France on the 1963-64 tour Mac Herewini was advised that his brother had died in a motor accident back in NZ. Management had elected to delay telling Herewini until after the test match. 

A celebration to the most popular first name in All Black history:

1 John Drake, 2 John Black, 3 John Ashworth, 4 John Fleming, 5 John Callesen, 6 John Wells, 7 John Buxton, 8 John Graham, 9 Jon Preston, 10 John McCullough, 11 John Timu, 12 John Schuster, 13 John Tanner, 14 John Kirwan, 15 John Gallagher
Coach John Hart, Manager John Sturgeon, Commentator John McBeth