Wellington flanker Scott Fuglistaller will join Lions team-mate and full-back Jason Woodward in Melbourne after signing a two-year deal with the Rebels.
Fuglistaller has played 54 games for Wellington, but couldn't crack the nod for the Hurricanes and eventually made his Super Rugby debut for the Highlanders.
Like Woodward, the loose forward has instead opted to head across the Tasman.
The pair will leave for Melbourne after the ITM Cup where they will link up with former Wellington and Hurricanes hooker Ged Robinson, who has been in Melbourne since the Rebels' inception in 2011.
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pagra says...
Oh yeah. The professional era. Wasn`t it NZ that ushered in this concept?
Careful what you wish for.
Posted 19:36 02nd October 2012
KiwiLad says...
Fancy that, Aus not having enough players to fill 5 teams, so are trolling the Pacific to bolster their ranks..
With all the effort ONeill has put into growing the game at grass roots, one would expect that the poaching would stop, oh thats right he has ignored the grass roots and wishes to continue to make Australia suffer with a lack of depth, so that our old friend Trinats can continue to blame Robbie Deans for Australias failures.
Posted 11:06 21st September 2012
hybrid187 says...
me thinks the Wobblies will snap this guy up in a few years....
Posted 09:51 21st September 2012