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All Black 'won't take to the field' in Super Rugby Pacific due to serious injury

Braydon Ennor, Dalton Papali'i, Emoni Narawa, Rieko Ioane and Ardie Savea of New Zealand sing the national anthem prior to a Rugby Championship match between Argentina Pumas and New Zealand All Blacks at Estadio Malvinas Argentinas on July 08, 2023 in Mendoza, Argentina. (Photo by Daniel Jayo/Getty Images)

All Blacks centre Braydon Ennor will miss next year’s Super Rugby Pacific campaign with the Crusaders as he continues to recover from another devastating ACL injury.

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As confirmed by the Crusaders on Tuesday evening, the nine-Test All Black will miss next year’s campaign in the famous red jersey after rupturing his ACL on Test duty with New Zealand.

Ennor sustained the cruel injury blow against Eddie Jones’ Wallabies in Bledisloe II earlier this year. Ennor started in the No. 13 jersey at Dunedin’s Forsyth Barr Stadium but was replaced by debutant Dallas McLeod at half-time.

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The injury ruled Ennor out of contention for a spot in the All Blacks’ Rugby World Cup squad, and unfortunately, the 26-year-old will watch on from the sidelines for a bit longer.

“Not the news we like to share but unfortunately Braydon Ennor has been ruled (out) of the Super Rugby Pacific 2024,” the Crusaders wrote on their social media.

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“While he won’t take to the field we know he will help the team off it.

“Braydon ruptured his ACL during the All Blacks test in Dunedin.”

Ennor has had a tough run with injuries, including another ACL blow during the North v South match in 2020. It was a devastating moment for Ennor, who is considered to be one of the brightest midfield prospects in New Zealand.

But in the absence of Ennor, the Crusaders have some quality options to choose from as potential replacements next season – including a returning All Blacks stalwart.

As confirmed by the Crusaders last week, club legend Ran Crotty has returned from Japan and penned a one-year deal with the club for the 2024 season.

“I have so much love for this team, it’s hard to put into words how much it means to me,” Crotty said.

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“Japan was great, a really good experience, but it felt like time to come home. Young family life, you know, it’s so precious to spend more time with the kids – they didn’t travel with me to Japan for that last season, so I’m hugely grateful to be here.”

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SK 8 minutes ago
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JW 5 hours ago
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Yep, no one knows what will happen. Thing is I think (this is me arguing a point here not a random debate with this one) they're better off trialing it now in a controlled environment than waiting to open it up in a knee jerk style reaction to a crumbling organtization and team. They can always stop it again.


The principle idea is that why would players leave just because the door is ajar?


BBBR decides to go but is not good enough to retain the jersey after doing it. NZ no longer need to do what I suggest by paying him to get back upto speed. That is solely a concept of a body that needs to do what I call pick and stick wth players. NZR can't hold onto everyone so they have to choose their BBBRs and if that player comes back from a sabbatical under par it's a priority to get him upto speed as fast as possible because half of his competition has been let go overseas because they can't hold onto them all. Changing eligibility removes that dilemma, if a BBBR isn't playing well you can be assured that someone else is (well the idea is that you can be more assured than if you only selected from domestic players).


So if someone decides they want to go overseas, they better do it with an org than is going to help improve them, otherwise theyre still basically as ineligible as if they would have been scorning a NZ Super side that would have given them the best chance to be an All Black.

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