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Watch: Former New Zealand age grade star pulls off incredible catch to score
By Sam Smith
Former New Zealand age grade rep Malo Tuitama bagged a double when the Shizuoka Blue Revs took the field for their first League One clash with NTT Docomo Red Hurricanes.
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The Blues Revs have not been able to play after Covid outbreaks postponed their first three games of the season, but were able to register a comprehensive 36-13 win over the Red Hurricanes.
The 25-year-old Kiwi winger’s second try of the game came after a low trajectory kickpass was fired out towards his flank. The winding kick went in behind the defence and Tuitama slid around the back of his opposite defender to take the kick on the full, scoring in the process.
The impressive piece of skill scored nine minutes into the second half put the Blue Revs up 21-13 and they never looked back, running away with two more tries in the final 10 minutes.
The sliding catch completed his brace after he scored off an inside pass on a scrum play from five metres out midway through the first half.
Former Melbourne Rebels Number 8 Isi Naisarani also scored a barnstorming try by barging over multiple Red Hurricanes defenders with one of the final two tries.
Tuitama has been a try-scoring machine in Japan, in 2020 he scored six tries in one game for the formerly named Yamaha Jubilo, who are now the Shizuoka Blue Revs. He scored 10 tries in his first three outings in that season.
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Hamish I think in Rugby the international game is king and will always be the case. However I think in NZ we don't have the balance right. As you say the total focus has been on the All Blacks and not enough attention has been put on Super Rugby and how to enhance that. They have seen it as a high performance tool to service the AB's and have not valued it as a competition in it's own right. However I think the current board have a different view and moving in the right direction. Having created an independent board to look solely after the competition is definitely a step in the right direction. I see the growing of the Super comp as the number one priority for NZ and Aus.
Go to commentsLike Benjie, completely mismanaged. If hed gone to the Chiefs or Saders theyd have had him on the wing or FB and hed have succeeded. If SBW had started with the Blues hed have failed too.
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