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9th January 2022
08:20pm GMT
Malakai Fekitoa pictured during a Bledisloe Cup game at Eden Park in 2016. (Credit: Getty Images)[/caption]
Malakai Fekitoa signing for Munster, according to reports
Currently one of 17 senior stars missing from the Wasps squad - through injury, suspension or Civid protocols - Fekitoa watched his side beat Leicester 16-13 at The Ricoh Arena this afternoon.
The win gives the likes of Saracens and Harlequins a title boost, and succeeded in moving Wasps from 10th to 8th in the Premiership table. They lost their Champions Cup opener against Munster and their next game, against Toulouse, was postponed when the Covid Omicron variant swept across Europe.
Fekitoa has been with Wasps since 2019, after he spent two seasons in the south of France with Toulon. He won the last of his 24 Test caps with New Zealand in 2017. He has since played Sevens rugby for Tonga and wants to play Test rugby for them too.
Munster could be losing a southern hemisphere star of their own - in Damian De Allende - at the end of the season, and Fekitoa would be a handy signing. At present, only Rory Scannell, Dan Goggins and Chris Farrell are viable inside centre options for Munster. The Munster academy does not currently have any centres.
It has been reported in The Rugby Paper, and followed up by Rugby Pass, that Munster are set to capture Fekitoa on a two-year deal.
In need of a major pick-me-up, veteran outhalf Jimmy Gopperth and his teammates delivered today. There is a pulse at Wasps, after all.
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