Laulala joins Blues

Rugby: The Blues will boast four All Black front rowers next year after the announcement prop Nepo Laulala has joined the franchise on a twoyear deal.

Laulala (28), has been with the Chiefs for the past five years and was with the Crusaders prior to that.

He joins fellow All Black props Ofa Tuungafasi, Karl Tu'inukuafe and Alex Hodgman at the Blues. All four are to play in the Rugby Championship in Australia, with Laulala granted paternity leave to delay his departure across the Tasman. — RNZ