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Message: [QUOTE="Super Freak, post: 2725268, member: 8536"] JORDAN Kahu sees the All Stars game as an opportunity to play for both Australia and New Zealand. The Wellington-born Broncos winger will take to the field for the World All Stars team on Saturday, months after earning his first representative jersey for New Zealand. Kahu said getting the chance to play for his home country meant a lot and he is looking forward to doing it again for his family and New Zealand through the All Stars. The 25-year-old said the game also would give him the chance to play for Australia, the country he has called home since the age of 16. “All of us in the World team come from different backgrounds,” he said. “We’re indigenous to our own countries so it’s special for all of us to be put in the one team and get to represent where we come from, plus play against a side like this. “Australia has taken me in since I was 16 and developed me as a player. Playing for this team can represent all of that as well. I am grateful for the opportunity to do that.’’ It has been a whirlwind year for Kahu, who spent the 2015 pre-season fighting just to earn a starting spot at the Broncos after a string of serious injuries. Now he not only is a guaranteed Broncos starter, played in last year’s grand final and has cemented himself as an international representative. Life is just as good off the field with Kahu and partner Jess Kent welcoming their first child in September. As he prepares to run out alongside the likes of Australian skipper Cameron Smith and English international James Graham, Kahu said he was still pinching himself over the past year. “I didn’t think it would happen this fast,” he said. “Sometimes I have to pinch myself. It’s crazy the way things worked out. “I wouldn’t have thought 12 months ago that all this would have happened. Having a baby girl tops it off but all these other little things with my career is pretty cool as well. “It just shows how much hard work I’ve put in to getting back on the field after every injury. I’m pretty happy I stuck with it.’’ [url]http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/nrl/jordan-kahu-sees-all-stars-game-as-chance-to-represent-australia-and-rest-of-the-world/news-story/19e3ffdc57c326f2c5acd9316b61d5a3[/url] [/QUOTE]

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