Joe Walsh, who is set to return from a shoulder injury in time for the NPC, has also signed providing another quality loosehead option. Young tight-head Nico Manaena is another locked-in, but Manaena is still learning his craft and developing into an NPC quality prop. Shaun Stodart is a contender, but he could be ruled out for the rest of the year because of a hand injury. The tight-head propping depth was particularly concerning. “If we were to lose Siate [Tokolahi] we could be in real trouble,” MacLeod said. There were not a lot of propping options within Southland and those who could potentially play at the NPC level, MacLeod said they probably have not put in the required work to be genuine options.
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He graduated from Otago University, beginning his career with O’Driscoll and Marks Solicitors in Dunedin. Following that he joined Cruickshank Pryde Lawyers and spent four years working for Drew Jones Solicitors in England before returning to Invercargill. Mika is the deputy president of the Invercargill Licensing Trust and ILT Foundation, trustee of Miharo, and a member of council for the Southland Branch of the New Zealand Law Society. Mika played rugby for the Highlanders, Otago, the Southland Stags and Manu Samoa, and played in the 1995 and 1999 Rugby World Cups as a prop. Invercargill Licensing Trust president Alan Dennis said it would be a significant loss for Invercargill and ILT, and a gain for the district court as he was a quality lawyer.