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Etene Nanai-Seturo on the Chiefs' success out wide after demolition of Moana Pasifika

Etene Nanai-Seturo scores for the Chiefs. (Photo by Michael Bradley/Getty Images)

The Chiefs celebrated Etene Nanai-Seturoā€™s 50th appearance in Super Rugby with a 10-try rout of Moana Pasifika in Hamilton.

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The 68-12 win highlighted the firepower at the Chiefsā€™ disposal with the backs running wild, returning All Black winger Emoni Narawa scoring a hat-trick in addition to three try assists.

The surprising aspect of the win was the level of connection across the backline despite many positional and personnel changes. Nanai-Seturo, who has spent most his career on the wing, got a rare start at fullback.

Promising centre Daniel Rona was handed a start in the No 13 jersey, while Narawa made his first start of the year alongside Counties Manakau wing Peniasi Malimali on the left.

ā€œShooter does a great job for us at the back along with Slim [Damian McKenzie],ā€ Nanai-Seturo told Sky Sport NZ post-match,ā€ but it was good to get my first run in the No 15 jersey.ā€

Nanai-Seturo saw plenty of touches in the 15 jersey, carrying 17 times for 135 running metres as the Chiefs leading ball carrier.

He celebrated his milestone game with a walk-in try backing up on the inside and added a try assist himself.

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Player Carries

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Etene Nanai-Seturo
15
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Damian McKenzie
13
3
Wallace Sititi
12

On what made the Chiefsā€™ free-flowing style click, Nanai-Seturo put the performance down to the platform up front.

After the loss to the Crusaders last week, the message was simply to improve up front.

ā€œYeah itā€™s good, weā€™ve got to do the job up front. This week the coaches put their foot down, coming off last weekā€™s performance we had to dominate up front,ā€ he said.

ā€œWhen we do that, weā€™ve got players like Shooter, Slim, and Emoni out there.

ā€œOur mindset at training, our coaches keep harping on about, when one man goes down the next one stands up.

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ā€œI think we do that pretty well at the Chiefs, we just have to keep at it, keep doing the little things.

ā€œLike I said, when we dominate up front the backs get to do their thing out wide.ā€

The bonus-point win propelled the Chiefs back into fourth position on the ladder with a 5-2 record.

They travel to Wellington in round seven to face the undefeated Hurricanes in a crunch mid-season clash between two heavyweight of the competition.

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