All Blacks and Blues flanker Dalton Papalii prospectively faces a big 2023, but the loss in last year's Super Rugby Pacific final still rankles.
The countdown is underway with less than 50 days to go until the biggest weekend of Rugby.
New Zealand Rugby (NZR) and Rugby Australia (RA) have announced details of a new joint-venture agreement for Super Rugby Pacific.
Twenty-one rookies, five overseas returnees, and five club transfers among the features of the five NZ Super Rugby Pacific squads.