Crusaders youngster joins French Club

TRANSFER NEWS: Former New Zealand Under-20 World Cup winner Lotima Fainga’anuku has joined Perpignan as a medical joker until the end of the campaign, the Top 14 strugglers announced.

Fainga’anuku, 21, joins the southern French side from Super Rugby franchise Crusaders.

“Lotima Fainga’anuku has all the characteristics of a New Zealand wing: speed, power, and versatility,” said a statement on the club’s website.

“He will prove to be a significant addition to our back lines thanks to his finishing abilities,”

Perpignan, last crowned French champions in 2009, currently sit bottom of the pile after a miserable run of nine straight defeats.

AFP