Chiefs winger Etene Nanai-Seturo might have fun his twenty sixth birthday subsequent week by clinching an eve-of-season transfer to Top 14 outfit Perpignan earlier than they kick off their marketing campaign by entertaining Bayonne on September sixth.
The Stade Aimé Giral-based outfit parted firm with former Wasps and Saracens ace Ali Crossdale and Louis Dupichot, who joined Agen on the finish of final season, and are available in the market for some extra tempo out vast. And they’ve their sights on former All Blacks sevens star Nanai-Seturo.
The Auckland-born star, who has received New Zealand U20 honours, was a part of the New Zealand 7s squad which received a silver medal on the Tokyo Olympics and gold on the 2018 Commonwealth Video games on Australia’s Gold Coast. Nanai-Seturo additionally received an All Blacks XV cap in 2023, scoring a attempt towards a Japan XV.
He has performed 64 occasions for the Chiefs in Tremendous Rugby, scoring 20 tries, and performed within the 2024 Tremendous Rugby Closing defeat to the Blues.
The winner of the Duane Monkley medal, as the most effective participant within the NPC for Counties Manukau in 2023, has performed 26 occasions for the Pukekohe facet and scored 12 tries.
Nanai-Seturo, who additionally performs full-back, is the cousin of former Samoan worldwide fly-half Tim Nanai-Williams, who has intensive expertise of enjoying in France for Clermont Auvergne, Toulouse and AS Béziers Hérault.
He seemed set for a profession within the NRL after signing a five-year contract with the New Zealand Warriors as a 15-year-old, however wriggled his manner out of it when New Zealand Rugby received a much-publicised tug-of-war.
Nanai-Seturo is now match once more after he injured his hamstring within the Chiefs’ first recreation of the season towards the Blues and missed the following 15 rounds, returning for the win over the Highlanders on Might thirtieth.
He has performed in Counties Manukau’s first two video games of the NPC season towards Hawke’s Bay and Bay of Loads, however may not play many extra if he switches to France’s southernmost metropolis.
