Wrecking ball Taqele's Tahs legacy
SUPER RUGBY SPOTLIGHT: The Waratahs have mixed emotions as their wrecking ball Taqele Naiyaravoro blazes away in a record-breaking season as the Tahs tune up for the Super Rugby play-offs.
The hulking 124kg wing skittled the Sunwolves defenders for a try double in Saturday’s 77-25 rout to take his season try tally to 14, eclipsing Israel Folau’s previous club record of 12 set when the Waratahs won the title in 2014.
Naiyaravoro will leave the Australian conference champions at the end of the season to take up a two-year deal with Northampton in the UK.
The announcement was made in mid-February before Super Rugby got under way.
Waratahs officials must be kicking themselves now that they didn’t throw more cash at Naiyaravoro.
“He came into this year a with a real determined motivation to leave here with a legacy and he’s certainly doing that,” Waratahs’ coach Daryl Gibson said.
“He hasn’t finished obviously, he’s got hopefully a few games to go, but at times he’s unstoppable and that’s something he’s reflected on, that he wants to become and he’s certainly living up to that.”
Source: AFP
