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All Blacks blow: Highlanders halfback Folau Fakatava ineligible until 2023 ‘at this stage’ – Stuff.co.nz
The halfback’s agent has confirmed to Stuff that Fakatava’s rugby scholarship years at high school do not count as ‘residency’ in New Zealand.
Highlanders halfback Folau Fakatavas untimely knee injury has scuppered his chances of representing the All Blacks until 2023 at this stage, Stuff can confirm, potentially reducing his runway to the next Rugby World Cup.
Tongan-born Fakatava, 21, was in excellent form for the Highlanders before his tore his ACL against the Crusaders in Christchurch, and the eligibility implications of that injury are now becoming clearer.
World Rugby is in the process of changing its residency rules with regards…
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