Former All Black player Justin Marshall made his first public appearance in England at Yarnbury RFC

The high profile Tykes player had only stepped off the plane at Leeds Bradford Airport less than 24 hours before on his long journey from New Zealand.

Yarnbury were hosting the Leeds Tykes Summer Camp and it was decided that Justin should come along to be presented to the national press, and to unveil the new Tykes shirt and to meet all the young players.

After a photo shoot on the pitch Justin came into the packed club house and spoke about how he first started playing rugby – bare foot! – and about his career as an All Black.

John Bentley organised a question and answer session and Justin stayed on and posed for photos with players and parents.

Even though he had been travelling for 24 hours Justin had stayed up the night before and had signed nearly 150 photos of himself which were given to everyone who attended the Summer Camp.