Massive news for Moana Pasifika, probably the biggest signing announcement in the entire history of Super Rugby.

No idea how they can afford him, but I’ve seen some people suggest they picked up some new finance from somewhere. It’ll be interesting to see where he plays, possibly at 7 given Inisi had such a huge season at 8 for them this year.

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    Ive been trying to think of other signings (in the NZ context in Super Rugby) that feel as momentous as this. There’s been players like Ma’a Nonu and Piri Weepu move about but that was as they were starting to wind down their careers; and even though Ardie is around 30 now it really doesn’t feel like he’s close to slowing down yet.

    Beauden Barrett moving to Auckland was big, but he’s been coming & going between there & Japan so it hasn’t felt like quite the same commitment; Cruden moving to the Chiefs to get game time was pretty huge but while he was awesome he was never the tippy top player that Ardie is.

    I was thinking maybe the next biggest move was maybe Lomu moving to the Hurricanes, but when I looked it up he’d actually already made a move (mostly forgotten I guess) to the Chiefs the season prior.

    Anyway, stoked for MP and really hope they put some performances together worthy of the signing!