Tu’inukuafe lands among the Cists
Present in the stands of the Stade GGL during Montpellier’s defeat to Toulouse last weekend, New Zealand international star Karl Tuenquafi signed with the French champions as an additional player until 2025.
Montpellier maintains that he pulled off a nice little coup. I was crowned 17 times with the All Blacks team, Karl Tu’inukuafe will find French lawns under the colors of the French champions for three years. After donning the colors of Narbonne during the 2015-2016 season, when the Aude club next played in Pro D2, the Auckland native will play in the French rugby elite for three seasons. In fact, according to a press release, The Cists have confirmed Karl Tu’inukuafe signed through June 2025, who has already started training with his new teammates since the start of the week. A signing that has been expected since this weekend, the New Zealander was noticed in the stands of the GGL Stadium as his new squad lost out to Toulouse marking the final poster for the fifth day of the Top 14.
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It’s now official: Karl Tonkowf from Montpellier! The All Black column now joins the Cistes workforce until 2025!
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– Montpellier Rugby (MHR_officiel) October 6, 2022
Tu’inukuafe will bring more competition
After three years with the Auckland Blues, and clearly not part of Ian Foster’s plans for the next World Cup, the 29-year-old pole trained at Wesley College in Boucicault and then released by North Harbor at the highest level has decided to embark on a new challenge away from his homeland. . Above all, he will come to bring his expertise to the first line in Montpellierwho will have to compose without GrΓ©gory Fichten, victim of a cruciate ligament rupture of the knee and has not yet resumed competition. This is how Karl Twinkwavi will compete with Enzo Furlita and Simon Pierre Schovak.who have shared playing time since the start of the season, which saw MHR record three straight successes as part of an opening setback at La Rochelle Park and conceded defeat last weekend against Toulouse.
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