New Zealand great Ma'a Nonu to feature in Major League Rugby in 2020 season

by The TRU Team Thursday 10 October 2019

Ma'a Nonu has played for New Zealand 103 times between 2003 and 2015

Ma'a Nonu played for New Zealand 103 times between 2003 and 2015

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New Zealand great Ma'a Nonu will make his debut in the Major League Rugby ahead of the 2020 season after he was signed by San Diego Legion.

The move will also mark an end to his second stint with Blues after featuring for the Auckland based club for the first time in 2012 and rejoining them during the 2019 season.

Having represented Wellington, Hurricanes, Ricoh Black Rams, Highlanders and Toulon in the past, Nonu, who will turn 38 in May next year will ply his trade in the United States for the first time.

The 6ft centre played for New Zealand 103 times since making his debut in 2003 and is among the 20 players in the history of the game to win two World Cups when the All Blacks clinched the title during the 2011 and 2015 editions.

San Diego Legion ended as the runners-up in the 2019 Major League Rugby season when they were defeated by the eventual champions Seattle Seawolves 23-26 in the final.