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Sopoaga’s not only All Black signing on

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The Rugby Paper Team
27 May 2018

Stepping up: Billy Searle
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BILLY Searle once played for the Cornish All Blacks – now the precocious fly-half is ready to face down one of New Zealand’s more famous equivalents as he aims to make his name at Wasps.
Confident playmaker Searle will challenge Jimmy Gopperth and Kiwi Test star Lima Sopoaga, below, for the No.10 berth in Wasps’ multinational backline next season after being snapped up from Bristol.
Searle, 22, who came through the ranks at the Launceston-based All Blacks before being picked up by Plymouth and then Bristol, is unfazed by ...

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