Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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One night last year in Japan, Richie Mo'unga was struck by a revelation - he wasn't finished with the All Blacks. He was watching a Six Nations game on the television when something shifted.

It wasn't a grand revelation. Just a growing sense that, sitting thousands of kilometres from home, he was missing something.

He missed the arena. He missed the feeling of test rugby.

The Canterbury play-maker is set to pull on the black jersey for the first time since the 2023 World Cup final this Wednesday morning against the Lions in Johannesburg.

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