NEWS EXTRA

AARON Smith and Beauden Barrett are the latest New Zealand players to confirm they will play club rugby in Japan after this year’s World Cup. Highlanders scrum-half Smith, 34, is set for his last season in New Zealand having signed long-ter m with Toyota Verblitz. Blues fly-half Barrett, 31, could still return home to play after 2024 following his spell at Verblitz.

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