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All Black Sevu Reece winging his way to France?
By Neil Fissler
All Blacks winger Sevu Reece is closing in on a move to French club Montpellier when his contract with the New Zealand Rugby Union runs out at the end of the year.
Reece, 27, missed the World Cup last year after needing an operation on a serious knee injury. However, he has returned to action with the Crusaders with a bang, scoring three tries in their opening two Super Rugby Pacific games.
The Fiji-born flyer, who has won 23 caps and scored 15 tries, is one of the deadliest finishers in the world and has touched down 49 times in 62 appearances for the Crusaders. He has been in advanced talks with Montpellier.
Montpellier, who entertain Bordeaux tomorrow, are looking to pull further clear at the foot of the table with a fourth successive win and are planning a massive squad rebuild next season.
And they have earmarked Reece to bolster their finishing power and are looking to get his signature on a contract once and agreement is reached.
Making his mark initially with Waikato in New Zealand's domestic competitions, Reece's breakthrough came in 2019 when he joined the Crusaders in Super Rugby.
His debut season was spectacular, leading to him finishing as the competition's top try-scorer. This form earned him an international call-up to the New Zealand All Blacks the same year, where he quickly cemented his place with standout performances.
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Firstly England were terrific for 82 minutes and deserve the plaudits.
Borthwick, though, must be the luckiest coach around .
Had a broken arm not occured Marcus would still be no 10 , had Russell put the kick over and France not dropped the ball , had Lawrence not been injured the scenario would be very different .
England beat the worst team in the northern hemisphere , let’s not get carried away .
The forwards scored 6 of the 10 tries and Mitchell’s was somewhat flukish .
The speed and power of play was the difference and the forwards were unrecognisable from previous games.
Had Marcus had such a ride in his games he too would have been praised for his play .
Ford came on against a poor and beaten team with the score 40 up . Easy peasy. Short memories fail to remember against Nz and Aus , top teams, he lost both games.
The changes were forced on Borthwick , not by natural selection and they have been all for the better.
Let's trust this is the start of bigger things and the excellent squad Borthwick has kick on . No pun intended.
Go to commentsI still think Englands 6 nations was a curates egg, both good and bad in parts, and it’s still far to early to declare that Borthwick and Co have now created a team to take on all comers.
This England sides win ratio against sides ranked above them is still pitifull.
The Autumn will tell us much more.
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