Counties-Manukau have picked up All Blacks and Blues number eight Hoskins Sotutu for this year's National Provincial Rugby Championship

Sotutu is unlikely to play often for the province if his All Blacks career continues to develop, but is excited to join the province which his father Waisake played for while still at school.

Sotutu might not be the last high-profile name leaving Auckland before the 2021 provincial season after reports of unrest in the camp.

All Blacks prop Ofa Tuungafasi is understood to have approached Northland.