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You just really have to go with the momentum. It's quite the adrenaline rush once you let go of it.\"\n\nREAD MORE:\n\n\u2022 Let the games begin: Waip\u016b Highland games on again tomorrow\n\n\u2022 Another bumper crowd at Waipu Highland Games on a hot day\n\n\u2022 What's On: New Year's eve fireworks in Paihia, Waip\u016b Highland Games and more\n\n\u2022 Strong competition in Heavyweight events at Waip\u016b Highland Games on New Year's Day\n\nWhile Brody, who had played rugby for Bay of Plenty during the last season, had come up North specifically to join the Highland Games, the trio around Tompkins are a group of local friends who were keen to take on a new challenge.\n\n\"We are all going to the same gym, and we were having a coffee together one day, and I just asked the others. 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