Rugby-Blues lose All Blacks prop Tu'ungafasi for rest of Super Rugby season


  • Rugby
  • Wednesday, 02 Apr 2025

Rugby Union - Autumn Internationals - Ireland v New Zealand - Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Ireland - November 8, 2024 New Zealand's Ofa Tu'ungafasi during the warm up before the match REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne

(Reuters) -Auckland Blues prop Ofa Tu'ungafasi has been ruled out of the rest of the Super Rugby Pacific season with a neck injury in a further blow for the struggling defending champions.

The 68-test All Black will undergo surgery, the Blues said on Wednesday.

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