The BIG 'O' - snippet of a chat with Olsen Filipaina.

The first Samoan/Polynesian player to cross the Tasman and played professional rugby league, the Galloping Garbo, the Big 'O' a humble Samoan bloke from South Auckland, Olsen Filipaina.

Olsen Filipaina Source: Cultural Pulse.

This is a snippet of an interview we did with Olsen Filipaina who is now the subject of a biography released this week called the 'The Big O'. 

The full interview with Olsen Filipaina and the author Patrick Skene will be broadcast in instalments on SBS Samoan and on podcast.