Super Rugby
By NICK VERDIER
KIWI teenage sensation Reiko Ioane propelled himself into All Blacks reckoning ahead of the Lions tour with a superb hattrick for the Blues in the opening round of Super Rugby.
With the Southern Hemisphere competition kicking off on Thursday, exactly 100 days before the Lions arrive on New Zealand’s shores, all eyes were on the Blues to see what the fuss around the 19-year-old centre was all about.
Despite his young age, Ioane, younger brother of barnstorming back-rower Akira, has made big waves on the World Sevens Series, spending the last two years under ...