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Pita Ahki of Toulouse during the Top 14 match between Toulouse and Lyon OU at Stade Ernest Wallon PHOTO: MANUEL BLONDEAU\/ICON SPORT\/LINTOTT PHOTOGRAPHY<\/p>\n
The Blues have signed experienced midfielder Pita Ahki for the next two Super Rugby Pacific seasons.<\/p>\n
It’s a homecoming for 33-year-old Ahki, who grew up in Auckland attending Kelston Boys High School and began his professional career with the Blues in 2014, making 13 appearances before embarking on a successful European career with Toulouse.<\/p>\n
During his time in France Ahki won five Top 14 championships and two European Rugby Champions Cup titles, cementing his reputation as a world-class competitor.<\/p>\n
Having represented both New Zealand and Tonga at various levels, Ahki brings leadership, experience and a winning mentality to the Blues environment.<\/p>\n
Ahki said he\u2019s excited to bring his experience back home and wear the Blues jersey again.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m really excited to be coming home, back to where my rugby journey first started,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt means a lot to return with my family after our time in France and I\u2019m looking forward to bringing those experiences with me and contributing on and off the field.\u201d<\/p>\n
Blues GM Rugby Murray Williams said Ahki\u2019s return is a special moment for the club.<\/p>\n
\u201cPita\u2019s a world-class midfielder with immense experience in Europe, and he\u2019s also one of our own who grew up in Auckland and started his professional journey here,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo have him back in Blues colours bringing that leadership and winning mentality is exciting for our squad.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ahki will link up with the Blues squad during pre-season later this year.<\/p>\n
Ahki played 13 games for the Blues, one for the Hurricanes as well as 37 for North Harbour in the NPC and six for Waikato. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pita Ahki of Toulouse during the Top 14 match between Toulouse and Lyon OU at Stade Ernest Wallon…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":233217,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":["post-233216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-rugby","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=233216"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233216\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/233217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}