He has since played in 40 matches for the Magpies, sharing the No 9 jersey with 2022 All Black Folau Fakatava (who plays for the Highlanders), and played 33 Super matches for Moana Pasifika before joining the Hurricanes last year.<\/p>\n
In all, he has played in more than 60 Super games and 80 in the NPC, and also made nine internationals for Samoa, for whom he first appeared in 2022.<\/p>\n
He joins a growing list of at least five regular 2025 Magpies who will not be available for Hawke\u2019s Bay this year, with captain Tom Parsons retired, lock and loose forward Isaia Walker-Leawere off to France, prop Pouri Rakete-Stones off to English club the Newcastle Red Bulls<\/a> and loose forward Devan Flanders<\/a> off to Japan.<\/p>\n The four heading overseas are all in with a chance of leaving with a long-desired Hurricanes Super Rugby title, all being in the 23 for Saturday night\u2019s penultimate round-robin match against the Highlanders in Wellington.<\/p>\n Enari\u2019s new club finished second-to-last in the 16-team URC Six Nations franchise competition, which enters its quarter-finals this weekend.<\/p>\n The Dragons are coached by former All Blacks, Hurricanes and Wellington player Filo Tiatia, who said in a club media release that as well as playing for the club, Enari is keen to help its academy players and \u201cthe next generation we have coming through\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cEre is a good man, somebody who understands the importance of grassroots and the community he\u2019s in,\u201d Tiatia said.<\/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 said: \u201cAfter 10 years of provincial and Super Rugby in New Zealand, my wife and I are looking forward to 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 Vying for the jersey at the Dragons are expected to be 33-year-old former Wales international Rhoddri Williams and Wales Under-20 representative Che Hopes.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Havelock North lock Tom Allen is set for a possible Super debut after being named on the substitutes bench for Saturday\u2019s game.<\/p>\n Hurricanes head coach Clark Laidlaw said 21-year-old Allen \u201cgot a huge reception\u201d when the line-up was named, with six of the 23 having Magpies experience.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s been training and toiling away for the past couple of years without getting an opportunity, so we\u2019re proud of him,\u201d Laidlaw said.<\/p>\n Also of note is the first NPC first-division match between the Magpies and Auckland at Napier\u2019s McLean Park on May 12, 1976 being named among the \u201cdefining moments\u201d being voted on in a commemoration of 50 years of the NPC, announced on Thursday.<\/p>\n The public can vote on 50 \u201cmoments\u201d and also for the best NPC players from 50 selected by each union.<\/p>\n Doug Laing is a Hawke\u2019s Bay Today reporter with 53 years\u2019 fulltime journalism experience, covering news and sports events and issues in Hawke\u2019s Bay, Wairarapa, Wellington and Auckland, including a match between Wairarapa-Buish and East Coast for the Wairarapa Times Age in the first season of the NPC in 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