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Article: Muliaina gets R&R holiday for Super 14
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- Sunday Star-Times
- Article date:
- October 11, 2009
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NZRU says it's a one-off and News Ltd is happy ROTATION AND
reconditioning, the two dirtiest words in rugby, are set to make a
comeback with confirmation that All Blacks fullback Mils Muliaina
will sit out the first three rounds of next year's Super 14.
Muliaina has been granted an extended break from the game after
the All Blacks' end-of-year tour - a long-service leave deal
brokered when he renewed his contract with the New Zealand Rugby
Union earlier this year.
It means he will miss the Chiefs' season-opening trip to South
Africa and Australia, with games against the Sharks, Lions and the
Western Force.
Reconditioning was a highly controversial feature of the 2007
season when about 20 ...