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Rugby Pass the Crusaders were keen on him, and he was waiting on a phone call from coach Scott Robertson. “I haven’t heard from him yet, but I’m assuming he’s a busy guy. I haven’t heard anything, yet, from anyone else,” Osei-Nketia said.
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Crusaders chief executive Colin Mansbridge. However, the reality is the Crusaders did not go waving a contract in his face when he failed to make New Zealand’s team for the Tokyo Olympics, Mansbridge said, making it clear the situation had been blown out of proportion. “His manager has reached out to the Crusaders, we wish him all the best in a transition to rugby if that’s the choice he wants to make, and if there’s some way we can support that, we’d absolutely do that,” Mansbridge said.
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Māori All Blacks ease past Samoa again.
Job done. Clayton McMillan’s Māori All Blacks marked their 125th international appearance, and Otere Black’s farewell, by completing a clinical sweep of a gallant but outmatched Manu Samoa side at Mount Smart Stadium on Saturday. Opening an historic Pasifika-themed double-header at the home of the Warriors, the Māori worked their usual mixture of forward grunt and backline enterprise to go two from two against the Samoans with a 38-21, six tries to three, victory. Backing up from last weekend’s convincing success over the same opponents in Wellington, this was another top-drawer effort from a side that continues to grace the international stage with aplomb. This was their 12th win from as many matches against the Samoans.