The return of scrumhalf Cam Roigard to the starting line-up for New Zealand’s two Rugby Championship victories over Australia offered a timely reminder that the All Blacks are a more potent side when he’s wearing the number nine jersey.
Injury has been a regular stumbling block since he made a breakthrough in 2022, the year in which he was voted “defensive player of the year” for his Counties Manukau side in New Zealand’s NPC, that among other qualities earned him a call-up to an All Blacks XV that toured the northern hemisphere in November of that ye
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