Early Years
Educated at Foxton Beach School and Manawatu College, Packer originally played rugby union from a young age for the junior Foxton rugby club and also for a junior Marist club in Nelson.
Russell also played in the Foxton Rugby League Under 14s side at the age of nine years old in a curtain raiser between the Manawatu Mustangs and Auckland Warriors reserve grade side in 1998.
Packer then played for the Levin Lions. When he was only 16 he debuted for the Central Falcons in the Bartercard Cup.
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