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"Great outcome": Steve Hansen unpacks Richie Mo'unga's return to NZ rugby

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Sat, 9 Aug 2025, 2:43pm
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(Photo by Toru Hanai/Getty Images)

"Great outcome": Steve Hansen unpacks Richie Mo'unga's return to NZ rugby

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Sat, 9 Aug 2025, 2:43pm

Former All Blacks coach Sir Steve Hansen thinks getting former New Zealand and Crusaders star playmaker Richie Mo'unga back for the next World Cup is a good bit of business all round. 

Hansen's been on the ground in Japan at Toyota Verblitz, where Mo'unga's guided Toshiba to back-to-back titles in the top league. 

He told Jason Pine he's got no doubt the 31-year-old will hit the ground running, as Ardie Savea and Beauden Barrett, among others, have. 

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