When the 'Journeyman Kiwi Coach', Dick Endive, was whisked away from the wilds of Whanganui to the other side of the world by the Oxford Outlaws Organisation his outlook on life wasn't what you'd call 'optimal'. His marriage was on the rocks, he felt like he was failing as a father and his career had been going nowhere for what felt like forever. He needed a change. He needed a challenge. Dick needed that new contract.