The Star: April 19, 2018

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Li loving life at the Highlanders after Auckland
• By Steve Hepburn
HIGHLANDERS winger Tevita
Li is going home to catch up with
family and friends, but his new
home is proving hard to leave.
Li is set to line up on the left
wing for the Highlanders against
the Blues at Eden Park on Friday
night.
His Super Rugby career started
at the Blues.
Li, 23, was a schoolboy star and
played first-class rugby for North
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Harbour while still at school.
He then played for the Blues
while still 18 and made 30 appearance
for the Blues until 2016.
However, he decided new fields
were needed and headed south to
the Highlanders with whom he
signed a two-year deal last year.
He played 11 games for the
Highlanders last year and, with
Patrick Osborne leaving the franchise,
and injury taking Richard
Buckman out of the equation, he
has pretty much had a mortgage
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Li said he was enjoying his
time in the south and was not
keeping too much of an eye on
his old team.
‘’I am really focused on being
here and what I can control here.
I think they [Blues] have just
been unlucky in the past couple
of weeks,” Li said.
‘’They have got some good
coaches and are working hard.”
He said playing in Dunedin
wasn’t much different to Auckland,
apart from one thing.
‘’The only thing different is
this place is not busy. There is no
traffic here and it is a small little
town which I quite enjoy.
‘’Here it takes me 10min to get
from my home. Up there, it takes
somewhere between half an hour
to 45min to get to training from
my home.
‘’Auckland is Auckland, big
city, traffic every day. That is why
I came down here.
‘’Just the support from around
gaRy LawSon
Horse & Jockey
here. Everyone buys into one
team, the Highlanders. The people
are amazing.’’
And playing more makes it
that much better. ‘’I am enjoying
it, getting some game time, and
grateful with the opportunity.’’
Li was always known for his
blinding pace. He scored five tries
for North Harbour last year in a
match against Taranaki, equalling
a record for the most tries in
a match in the domestic competition.
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