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Reports suggest Damian McKenzie move to Premiership imminent
By Ian Cameron
Reports linking All Blacks fullback Damian McKenzie with a move to the Premiership are persisting after it was claimed this weekend that he was in advanced talks with Leicester Tigers.
The Rugby Paper reported that McKenzie is eyeing a move to the Premiership after he failed to make inroads with the All Blacks after making his debut for the World Champions in last year's Rugby Championship.
Reports suggests that the Tigers had originally been in talks with his older brother Marty, before turning their attention to the younger of the pair.
The emergence of Jordie Barrett has seen McKenzie pushed down the pecking order, with many commentators suggesting the evasive fullback's lack of size has seen him lose out the 6'5 brother of Beauden Barrett.
While he was called back into the All Blacks squad for the Lions series after a concussion injury to Ben Smith, he failed to feature against the Lions.
The acquisition of McKenzie would be a major coup for the Tigers after a relatively disappointing 2016/17 season.
On 1 October 2016, McKenzie made his international test debut coming off the bench in the 48th minute during New Zealand's 36-17 win over Argentina in the 2016 Rugby Championship Tournament. On the 2016 All Blacks Northern Hemisphere Tour and following the All Blacks' first ever defeat to Ireland, he made his starting debut in the starting 15 playing at Fullback in the teams' 68-10 win over Italy.
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Wales were lucky the Boks should put 60 points past them
Go to commentsI'd rate the brothers Hendricks a point or two lower. Jaden has really not delivered on his early promise and Jordan's kicking at posts was quite erratic. Amongst other things.
I was really surprised that DuhDuh was replaced and not Jordan. DuhDuh had a great game and just underlined his class in a backline that was not firing on all cylinders.
Damian Willemse was missed. Hopefully he'll be back to full fitness and have an injury free 2025 (and '26 and '27 and so on until he decides to retire to spend time with his grandchildren).
RG was great. What an athlete.
Very happy that Hanekom made his debut at last. He gave a good account of himself and will hopefully grow into his role on the international stage.
All things considered, this was another frustrating Bok performance. Even though it was a comfortable win, it wasn't a commanding win. This Welsh team should've been put away by a far larger margin.
But I have faith in Dr Rassie. He knows more than I do. Bring on 2027 😁
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