Thursday Morning Round Up

Sam Underhill season is over

Bath and England flanker Sam Underhill will miss the rest of the Premiership and Six Nations season after rupturing a tendon in his big toe.

Underhill suffered the injury in a training session when an England team-mate stood on his foot.  Full story

Wainui to secure Chiefs contract

After an all-round performance in the Chiefs win against the Blues the weekend, winger Sean Wainui is set to sign with the Chiefs on a full-time contract this season.

The former Crusader had mixed emotions heading into the 2018 season "I was going to have to look somewhere else, move back to Taranaki, do some training and get my agent to look overseas somewhere. That's why I was just training hard at the Chiefs and just working day by day.

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Premiership Player of the Month 

The #AvivaPrem Player of the Month for February is @jackswillis7 🏆

👀 Enjoy some of the best bits from the @WaspsRugby forward smashing 🤜💥 his way through league defences. pic.twitter.com/y6JiDSLYYr

— Premiership Rugby (@premrugby) March 7, 2018

Super Rugby Team Announcements

Hurricanes v Crusaders

Ben May and Beauden Barrett are set to earn their 100th Super Rugby caps, while Asafo Aumua, Richard Judd and Marcel Renata are all set to make their debuts from the bench.

All Black flanker Matt Todd returns to the starting line up for the Crusaders and will play the match with a fractured thumb, while Mitchell Hunt starts in the absence of Richie Mo'unga. 

Heiden Bedwell-Curtis also comes into the starting lineup for Pete Samu, while Mike Delany could make his Crusaders debut from the bench.

Reds v Bulls

Reds head coach has added more weight to his backline to face the Bulls with Filipo Daugunu handed his first Super Rugby start with Duncan Paia'aua dropping to the bench.

The change sees Samu Kerevi move to inside centre, while Chris Feauai-Sautia shifts to outside centre to accommodate Daugunu on the wing.

Impact Player: Ben O'Donnell