By NICK VERDIER
NEHE Milner-Skudder celebrated his longawaited return to Super Rugby yesterday with a brilliant hattrick to help the Hurricanes destroy the Rebels 71-6 in Wellington.
The blistering World Cupwinning back had recovered from the shoulder injury that kept him out for almost a year, but a hamstring strain ruled him out of the season opener against the Sunwolves.
With teenage sensation Reiko Ioane grabbing the headlines last week with a hat-trick in Melbourne against those same Rebels, Milner-Skudder was keen to show All Black boss Steve Hansen he had not lost the pace that helpe...
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