Meet the All Blacks wing named after Twickenham
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Harry Latham-Coyle Fri, 14 November 2025 at 7:23 am UTC·3 min read Life can be tough for an outside back with the All Blacks, one’s place always under threat from a constant churn of uber athletes ready to step in, step up and show out on the international stage. Credit, then, must be extended to Leicester Fainga’anuku, back in the New Zealand fold after daring to do things differently. The first few years of Fainga’anuku’s career had been stock standard for a top talent within the country, moving smoothly through the Tasman Mako in the National Provincial Championship into the Crusaders ranks in Super Rugby, before receiving a call up...

