A harmonica-playing sculptor, a surfer who wore a nuclear-free symbol on his headgear, a physiotherapist who also works on television and the first major player to sign with the NZRU during the battle for signatures with the World Rugby Corporation.
Life is always full and never quite standard for Josh Kronfeld who began his 54 test career as one of the stars of the extraordinary 1995 World Cup campaign in South Africa.
His all action game was superb in that tournament as he scored tries against Ireland, Wales and England and became a key to the tourists' plans to unleash Jonah Lomu and their continuity game.
It was a potent recipe although Kronfeld felt the All Black plans were too inflexible and that a lack of variety cost them more than the debilitating food poisoning which hit the side two days before the final.
For lunch that day, Kronfeld did not like the look of chicken and chose beef instead. Ten of his starting colleagues chose the white meat and succumbed to salmonella which left them weak and lacking energy for the final.
