The centre, who was making his 50th Test appearance, was red carded in the opening minute of the second half last Sunday following his collision with Wales’ Jac Morgan at the Principality Stadium.
The Wallabies will battle to ensure Samu Kerevi's tour isn't over after the returning centre was left distraught by his red card for a dangerous tackle, the one sour note in their record-shattering win over Wales.
Samu Kerevi is now 31, without a Test cap for 13 months, plying his trade out of the spotlight in Japan and surely a bit rusty after playing just one match since May.
Samu Kerevi says Australia must put outside pressures to one side when they scrap for Rugby World Cup survival on Sunday.
Rugby fans and bookmakers have given the Wallabies next to no chance of beating the All Blacks in this weekend’s Bledisloe Cup clash in Dunedin.
The drawcard of potentially playing against the All Blacks isn’t the main motivator for Samu Kerevi as the Wallaby looks to return to Bledisloe Cup action for the first time in almost 700 days.
With just two months to go until the upcoming Rugby World Cup, there was plenty of intrigue and anticipation surrounding the All Blacks as they prepared for their first Test of 2023.
Wallabies boss Eddie Jones has given an update on the injury that forced Samu Kerevi out of Sunday’s Barbarians match after just 19 minutes.
Coach Dave Rennie insists he has no regrets about the decision to allow Wallabies linchpin Samu Kerevi to play Sevens in the Commonwealth Games where he suffered a serious knee injury.