yesterday’s 34-man All Blacks squad<\/a> likely forced Havili’s hand.<\/p>\n\u201cI\u2019m very content. I know that I\u2019ve done everything I can and I\u2019m very proud of my journey and where I\u2019ve come from. To be able to live out my dream here for around 15 years and be part of this legacy with some of the best players that have ever come through this club, it\u2019s been an extreme honour.\u201d <\/p>\n
New Crusaders coach Scott Hansen will likely miss Havili, an inspirational captain and midfielder, from a continuity perspective.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe team\u2019s in a great spot,” Havili said. “With Scott Hansen coming in and strong talent coming through, it\u2019s very exciting. There\u2019s a lot of mana around that group and I\u2019m looking forward to seeing what they can do. <\/p>\n
In an interview released by the Crusaders, Havili \u2013 who has yet to name the club he is joining \u2013 added: \u201cTo the fans, the organisation, past and present players; thank you so much for standing with me and being a part of my journey, I\u2019ll never forget it. I\u2019ll always be a Crusader.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m excited for a different pace and a new challenge. I feel like I\u2019ve still got more to give.\u201d <\/p>\n
The morning headlines including UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s resignation and a new FIFA record from Lionel Messi. (Source: Breakfast)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Crusaders captain and former All Black David Havili has signed with a Japanese club. Havili, widely considered unlucky…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":490896,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[789,56380,42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-490895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-all-blacks","tag-crusaders","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=490895"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490895\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/490896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=490895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=490895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=490895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}