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Watch: Hurricanes' try-scoring debutant has a younger brother following in his footsteps
By RugbyPass
It took just two touches for debutant Hurricanes wing Salesi Rayasi to score his first Super Rugby try, scoring from close range against the Chiefs to cap a full-circle journey for the local Wellingtonian.
Rayasi's days at St Pat's Silverstream saw the dynamic finisher blazing tries on the end of the backline for the 1st XV back in 2014. After giving up rugby to chase a basketball career after school, Rayasi's second shot with Auckland in last year's Mitre 10 Cup earned a Super Rugby contract with his hometown franchise Hurricanes.
While his professional career is now just beginning, his younger brother Fritz Rayasi is chasing his footsteps in a case of Déjà vu. The younger brother donned his old jersey for the same 1st XV and went on to perform similar feats with impressive finishing and offloading skills before picking up interest from Bay of Plenty, where he joined the Chiefs-aligned union.
With New Zealand having a track record of having multiple sets of brothers playing professionally, don't be surprised to see the two square off one day.
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The New Zealand performance in the return fixture in 2016 was filthy. A lot of Irish supporters were pretty shocked by it, viewed it as de facto cheating just to avoid another defeat.
Also shocked by the abuse to Ireland, captain, vice-captain and spectators after the full time whistle in Paris defeat, last match.
Sledging is sledging, but that happens during the game and targetting spectators should be completely out of bounds.
The Irish public used to enjoy these matches, even in defeat. Now they are necessary but unpleasant, because NZ apparently cannot accept or respect successful challengers.
Go to commentsThanks for the analysis Nick, thought provoking as usual. Couple of queries though, in the pic where you've circled Williams bind , I'm pretty sure it shows Stuart's knee on the ground, surely that's a NZ penalty? Also having had the chance to watch it again the All Black scrum seeems to improve after halftime, but before either England or the All Blacks replace their props. Not sure if that was the result of Tuipolutu coming on or some halftime tips. Either way this is only Williams second international season, so he'll be better for the experience.
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