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SUPER RUGBY TEAM GUIDE

Coach Leon MacDonald

Squad news Beauden Barrett’s Japan sabbatical is over but Patrick Tuipulotu, plus fellow locks Gerard Cowley-Tuioti and Jacob Pierce, have headed the opposite way. Roger Tuivasa-Sheck is the big-name arrival from league.

Key player With second-row resources depleted, the signing of veteran Luke Romano, 35, from Crusaders is crucial.

Prediction Fourth

Coach Scott Robertson

Prop Michael Ala’alatoa is now at Leinster, but the

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