New Zealand blow: Highlanders halfback Folau Fakatava ineligible until 2023 ‘at this position’
An early knee injury to Highlanders midfielder. Folau Fakatava has reduced his chances of representing the All Blacks until 2023 “at this stage. ” which may confirm, potentially diminishing his career for the next Rugby World Cup. The Tongan-born 21-year-old Fakatava was in excellent form for the Highlanders. Before tearing his ACL against the Crusaders in Christchurch, and the consequences of that injury will now be clarified. The Rugby World Cup fans can buy New Zealand Rugby World Cup tickets 2023 from our website at exclusively discounted prices. World Rugby is in the process of changing the rules of its stay in terms of test eligibility. Extending it from three years to five years. And an injury at the end of the season means it cannot be restricted. And “captured” All Blacks until 31 December 2021. When the old three-year World Rugby rule replaced by All Black’s new five-year rule. “He’s not eligible in 2022 right now,” Fakatav’s agent Kent Hale of Halo Sport ...