There is little dispute that Leinster-bound Rieko Ioane has recently struggled for form under All Blacks coach Scott Robertson.
That said one of the outstanding All Blacks players over the last 10 years is still in Robertson’s thinking for Test match rugby and is in Chicago this week.
However, in the centre or on the wing, Ioane has not been the potent force he once was and in September Robertson dropped him for a Bledisloe Cup match against the Wallabies at Eden Park.
A regular figure since he made his debut as a teenager against the British and Irish Lions in 2017, not being picked for the matchday squad was a rare snub for a rare talent.
Robertson, who has been a supporter of Ioane, was careful not to say to
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