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    A more special test than most for Leicester Fainga'anuku tomorrow morning in London

    A more special test than most for Leicester Fainga'anuku tomorrow morning in London


    The All Blacks wing - who holds several middle names, including Twickenham - plays at the ground for the first time, when they meet hosts England.

    Leicester Ofa Ki Wales Twickenham Fainga'anuku has told Newstalk ZB his dad, who gave him the name after playing for Tonga at the ground in the 1999 World Cup, is excited for his son to play there.



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