I read a rumour on nzwarriors.com suggesting Ruben Wiki may retire – soon.
It does make sense . . .after all he is 34 and probably the oldest prop in the competition.
He has not been playing well as of late, and has been carrying an injury – nerve damage apparently, and to me nerve damage sounds like something you don’t want to muck around with.
So maybe this week, month or year could be his last. Clearly he will leave a huge legacy, which I’ll leave others to write about.
However my favourite Wiki moment was when I was lucky enough to meet him. He was totally human and not a touch of arrogance that you often get with top sportspeople. I was saying how amazing the 2005 tri-nations win was, and he just giggled and said ‘shhh, Pricey might hear us, he’ll get upset’ (Steve Price was standing nearby)
If Wiki retires it releases spending money for the Warriors, so I suspect that the announcement will come sooner rather than later. That way the club can make it clear to players and their agents that the Warriors have some coin to spend.
Easing any loss of Wiki is the fact we still have Steve Price, but more importantly two very good young props in Sam Rapira and Evarn Tuimavave - it will be up to them to lead the charge.
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I found the Ruben Wiki Wiki!
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