Dragons RFC are delighted to officially announce the major signing of Samoa international scrum half Ere Enari.<\/p>\n
The exciting nine will make the move from Wellington to Wales this summer after finishing his season with the table topping Hurricanes in Super Rugby Pacific.<\/p>\n
Auckland-born Enari has previously played five seasons with the Crusaders \u2013 during which time they won five consecutive titles – and three seasons with Moana Pasifika in Super Rugby Pacific.<\/p>\n
Enari also had spells with Canterbury and Hawke\u2019s Bay in New Zealand’s National Provincial Championship.<\/p>\n
The experienced 28-year-old \u2013 who has made 57 Super Rugby appearances – joins wing Anzelo Tuitavuki and back row Terrell Peita in agreeing terms to join Dragons RFC ahead of the 2026\/27 season at Rodney Parade.<\/p>\n
Head Coach Filo\u00a0Tiatia said: \u201cWe\u2019re excited to welcome Ere to Dragons.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe arrives with Super Rugby experience after spells at Crusaders, Moana Pasifika and most recently Hurricanes while he brings international pedigree from his time with Samoa.<\/p>\n
\u201cEre will be determined to make a big impression in a new competition as he competes with the likes of Che Hope and Rhodri Williams. He\u2019ll also be keen to help our Academy players and the next generation of talent we have coming through.<\/p>\n
\u201cEre is a good man, somebody who understands the importance of grassroots and the community he\u2019s in,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe will immerse himself in the culture and the people of Gwent and we want our fans to embrace him, get to know him and enjoy watching him.\u201d<\/p>\n
Renowned for his speed of game and combative nature, Enari is a former New Zealand Under-20 international and vice-captain.<\/p>\n
Enari \u2013 who is of Samoan and M\u0101ori descent \u2013 was named in the Samoa squad for the first time in 2022 and has won 10 international caps and featured in the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France.<\/p>\n
Enari said: \u201cAfter ten years of Provincial and Super Rugby in New Zealand my wife and I are looking forward to a stepping into a new season in Wales.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are some familiar faces there which will be awesome, but we also can\u2019t wait to make new connections with teammates, partners and the Dragons supporters.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve heard how passionate the people of Gwent are, so I can\u2019t wait to experience playing for them and learning more about the Welsh culture.<\/p>\n
\u201cGod has blessed us with this opportunity so we\u2019ll do all we can to serve the team and enjoy this new season ahead of us.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dragons RFC are delighted to officially announce the major signing of Samoa international scrum half Ere Enari. The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":451632,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,105],"class_list":["post-451631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=451631"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451631\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/451632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=451631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=451631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=451631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}