Northern Edition
Select Edition
Northern Northern
Southern Southern
Global Global
New Zealand New Zealand
France France

Etene Nanai-Seturo returns as Chiefs visit Dunedin

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

The return of former All Blacks Sevens flyer Etene Nanai-Seturo sees the rich get richer in the final week of the Super Rugby Pacific round-robin.

ADVERTISEMENT

The winger’s return from injury coincides with the absence of Emoni Narawa, who is set to miss the game with a deep cut on his lip. Nanai-Seturo injured his hamstring in the first game of the season.

George Dyer can bring up his 50th game off the bench in the contest, providing impact along with Ollie Norris and Samisoni Taukei’aho.

“I’m a Chiefs man from Chiefs Country, and this is a team I have always wanted to play for. I’m getting to live the dream playing here with my best mates. Not through any stroke of luck either, it’s because people put in the work, and I am just extremely privileged to play here in this team,” Dyer said.

Chiefs head coach Clayton McMillan wasn’t going to underestimate the bottom-of-the-table opponents.

“They’ve had narrow losses all year. Those games could have easily gone their way, and it shows how narrow the margins are in the competition this year. We know better than to underestimate them and we’re ready for a real contest down there.”

Head-to-Head

Last 5 Meetings

Wins
0
Draws
0
Wins
5
Average Points scored
18
39
First try wins
80%
Home team wins
60%

Chiefs team to play the Highlanders

  1. Jared Proffit
  2. Bradley Slater
  3. Reuben O’Neill
  4. Josh Lord
  5. Tupou Vaa’i
  6. Samipeni Finau
  7. Luke Jacobson
  8. Wallace Sititi
  9. Xavier Roe
  10. Damian McKenzie
  11. Etene Nanai-Seturo
  12. Quinn Tupaea
  13. Daniel Rona
  14. Leroy Carter
  15. Shaun Stevenson

Reserves

ADVERTISEMENT

16. Samisoni Taukei’aho
17. Ollie Norris
18. George Dyer
19. Naitoa Ah Kuoi
20. Simon Parker
21. Cortez Ratima
22. Josh Jacomb
23. Manasa Mataele

Download the RugbyPass app now!

News, stats, live rugby and more! Download the new RugbyPass app on the App Store (iOS) and Google Play (Android) now!

ADVERTISEMENT

KOKO Show | July 1st | The Lions are here and the KOKO crew are getting excited

Touchdown in Dublin, The Red Sea Returns & We Prepare to Face Argentina | Ep 2: The Ultimate Test

World Rugby U20 Championship 2025

South Africa v British & Irish Lions | 2009 | Second Test | The Vaults

Lions Share | Episode 1

England XV v France XV | Full Match Replay

"The Opportunity Of A Lifetime" | Wallabies All In: Episode 1

Are these the best ever Lions performances?

Trending on RugbyPass

Comments

1 Comment
T
Toaster 39 days ago

That’s a bench designed to take the game away if it’s tight in the last quarter


I get it

The chiefs don’t want to give up top spot

Join free and tell us what you really think!

Sign up for free
ADVERTISEMENT

Latest Features

Comments on RugbyPass

S
Soliloquin 57 minutes ago
All Blacks vs France takes: Rieko very rusty, France's MVP the TMO

« Stop crying? » really? Wow.

Sorry mate, but we’re not at that level of childish interaction.

Either we discuss arguments, either we don’t, but that’s not a viable framework.


You obviously have no history of what his the function of the French rugby coach (check the 2010s for that), his limitations, the negociations with the LNR, because if you knew, you wouldn’t write what you did, and writing it down in French won’t make it more persuasive.


Can you imagine controlling the national team when you don’t have control over the players because your employer is not in charge of their salaries?

Do you think Galthié embraced the fact that he couldn’t get his top players play more than 2 games in the 2020 Autumn Cup because of the arrangement with the Top14 clubs and overlap with the league?

Do you think he wouldn’t prefer to have everything at his disposal to make France win every competition?

Do you think he was happy to have his 42 players arrangement with the LNR questionned after the 2023 RWC? Do you think he’s happy he doesn’t have the same access to players as the other nations do?

No, no, no, no and no.


Answering with simple phrases, not responding to any argument (or simply with a very mature « stop crying »), not much knowledge and no real sense of nuance doesn’t help your and NB’s fantasized theory.


I don’t write about other countries’ when I don’t have the knowledge, and here NB didn’t do his job to deliver information. He just took stats to process an opinion.

91 Go to comments
TRENDING
TRENDING Erasmus threatens to rip up Boks selection plan after 'very frustrating' win Rassie Erasmus threatens to rip up Boks selection plan following weak
Search