Northern Edition

Select Edition

Northern Northern
Southern Southern
Global Global
New Zealand New Zealand
France France

Newcastle provide the solution after Toulon's loss of Rhys Webb

(Photo by Steve Bardens/Getty Images)

Tongan Sonatane Takulua has joined Toulon following the pre-Six Nations exit of Rhys Webb from the club.

ADVERTISEMENT

The scrum-half passed his medical examination on Tuesday and signed a deal on Wednesday that will take him through to the end of the 2021/22 season. 

Arriving from Newcastle, where he had been playing since 2015, the 29-year-old has 38 caps and featured in the last two World Cup including last October’s game with France in Japan.  

Midi Olympique explained that while Takulua couldn’t join this season with a medical joker status, Toulon have benefitted for a waiver following the announcement that signing Nehe Milner-Skudder won’t be at the club until early next season due to injury back in New Zealand.

Milner-Skudder opened up in November about going into “dark places” in what he described as “one of the toughest years” of his life.

(Continue reading below…)

Israel Folau was a no show at a Dragons training session in Barcelona

Video Spacer

Speaking at the opening of New Zealand’s first Suicide Prevention Office as an ambassador for Headfirst, he shared his personal experiences about the difficulties of dealing with the constant raft of injuries that have plagued him since he first burst onto the international scene.

“Out of all the injuries I’ve suffered, the many setbacks I’ve had in my career, this was by far the hardest to digest,” he said, speaking about his shoulder complications. 

ADVERTISEMENT

“I’d built up in my head what this year was going to look like and I watched it shatter in pieces right in front of me and there was nothing I could do about it.” 

WATCH: RugbyPass went behind the scenes as Tonga prepared for the 2019 World Cup in Japan

Video Spacer
ADVERTISEMENT

LIVE

{{item.title}}

Trending on RugbyPass

Comments

0 Comments
Be the first to comment...

Join free and tell us what you really think!

Sign up for free
ADVERTISEMENT

Latest Features

Comments on RugbyPass

B
BH 1 hour ago
TJ Perenara clarifies reference to the Treaty in All Blacks' Haka

Nope you're both wrong. Absolutely 100% wrong. You two obviously know nothing about NZ history, or the Treaty which already gives non-Māori "equal" rights. You are ignorant to what the Crown have already done to Māori. I've read it multiple times, attended the magnificent hikoi and witnessed a beautiful moment of Māori and non-Māori coming together in a show of unity against xenophobia and a tiny minority party trying to change a constitutional binding agreement between the Crown and Māori. The Crown have hundreds of years of experience of whitewashing our culture, trying to remove the language and and take away land and water rights that were ours but got stolen from. Māori already do not have equal rights in all of the stats - health, education, crime, etc. The Treaty is a binding constitutional document that upholds Māori rights and little Seymour doesn't like that. Apparently he's not even a Māori anyway as his tribes can't find his family tree connection LOL!!!


Seymour thinks he can change it because he's a tiny little worm with small man syndrome who represents the ugly side of NZ. The ugly side that wants all Māori to behave, don't be "radical" or "woke", and just put on a little dance for a show. But oh no they can't stand up for themselves against oppression with a bill that is a waste of time and money that wants to cause further division in their own indigenous country.


Wake up to yourselves. You can't pick and choose what parts of Māori culture you want and don't want when it suits you. If sport and politics don't mix then why did John Key do the 3 way handshake at the RWC 2011 final ceremony? Why is baldhead Luxon at ABs games promoting himself? The 1980s apartheid tour was a key example of sports and politics mixing together. This is the same kaupapa. You two sound like you support apartheid.

10 Go to comments
LONG READ
LONG READ 'Steve Borthwick hung his troops out to dry - he should take some blame' 'Steve Borthwick hung his troops out to dry - he should take some blame'
Search