Brad Thorn hasn't ruled out another season playing on the other side of the world.
He is turning - wait for it - 38 on Sunday but while Brad Thorn is finally showing signs of slowing down, he hasn't closed the door on seeing out his remarkable career in Europe after his stint with the Highlanders.
Thorn's first act with his new Super Rugby team was to head into the Greenstone Valley on a 25km tramp west of Queenstown at the weekend.
For former All Black Thorn, moving back to the deep south after his two years at the Fukuoka Sanix Blues in Japan and his successful careers with the Crusaders and Brisbane Broncos feels like a homecoming - he was born in Mosgiel - but there is still a sense of unfinished business in his sporting career.
"It's going to challenge me," he told the Otago Daily Times. "How my body holds up. Testing myself, have I still got it? Can I still mix it?"