All Blacks: there is chaos around the figure of Richie Mo’unga

The All Blacks aiming for the Rugby World Cup 2027 and to regain the cup that has been missing since 2015 are starting to be shaped now, under the new technical guidance of Scott Robertson.

All Blacks: there is chaos around the figure of Richie Mo’unga

One of the focal points at the moment concerns the role of fly-half where the New Zealand coach is trying to push to obtain the availability of one of his “loyalists” to the Crusaders: that is, Richie Mo’unga.

But the trocar, for now, could not respond to the national team’s summons. Yes, because the 1994 born player is in Japan, engaged in an adventure with the Toshiba Brave Lupus.

A situation which, in view of the Test Matches in July and the 2024 Rugby Championship, does not leave Robertson at ease, who has made it clear to the federal management that he would like to resolve the issue, so much so as to inconvenience Chris Lendrum, the General Director of New Zealand Professional Rugby who, interviewed by the local media, he expressed himself as follows.

“It’s not a secret – admitted Lendrum -. We know the contribution that Richie Mo’unga can give us and we don’t want to hide the fact that a discussion is underway to try to understand how to get him back available as quickly as possible. That said, there is a contract and we must work so that all parties involved find an ideal solution: us, the player and the Japanese Championship club.”

“We understood – concludes Lendrum – that Richie Mo’unga would have the desire to return to New Zealand and this is what interests us. Otherwise we would end up falling back into the “foreign” question which, clearing everything away, is not something that interests us.”

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