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As an All Black Grahame Thorne played 39 matches, including 10 tests. After retiring and becoming a sports commentator, he permed his hair. His curls attracted a great deal of attention. In this television news clip from 1993, a post-perm Thorne talks about the mostly negative reactions he received.
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