Glen Walters has, sadly, caught the early season injury bug besetting the Club’s 1st XV in the early weeks of the season, restricting islanders from seeing his true worth.

But, rest assured, the 24-year-old, born in Wellington in New Zealand but grew up in the country in a region called Wairarapa, is a class act.

We quizzed him about his background...

‘Some high points while playing rugby have been representing Wairarapa and then being selected in the NZ Heartland team,’ he said.

‘And just before coming over here [I was] winning the Wellington premier competition with my club Hutt Old Boys Marist.’

As for career lows, he says undoubtedly that was ‘popping my AC joint mid-season last year which took a while to come right’.

He cites the biggest influence on his career as family and how much they have supported him playing rugby, especially coming over here and playing.

‘I’ve played for one club in Wellington for the last five or six years starting with age grade and working my way into the premier team.

‘I was approached by Jordan about playing here a few months ago through an online recruitment agency, but before being approached I had never heard of Guernsey.

‘After being here for four or five weeks I’ve had a bit of a look around and am really enjoying it. It’s a lot different from home.

‘The Club has a great set-up here with the clubrooms overlooking the field. And having the gym is great too.

‘I’m hoping I can help the team with our ambitions to be promoted to National 2 and hopefully impress on the way.’

FACT...
Wairarapa is a geographical region of New Zealand. It occupies the south-eastern corner of the North Island, east of metropolitan Wellington and south-west of the Hawke’s Bay region.

It is lightly populated, having several rural service towns, with Masterton being the largest. It is named after its largest lake, Lake Wairarapa.

Famous Wairarapians include golfer Bob Charles, the 1963 winner of the British Open; All-Black captain Brian Lochore, Olympic gold medal winning runner Murray Halberg and current Kiwi cricketer Jesse Ryder.