Squire, who was noticeably fired-up on defence early against the Crusaders during the Highlanders' narrow loss in Dunedin last weekend, suffered the injured early in the game but played on. Now he has been ruled out for up to six weeks, another blow for a Highlanders team who lost flanker James Lentjies to a dislocated elbow in the first minute of the 30-27 loss to the Crusaders. "He did it early in the game and to his credit he kept going, he fought through it," assistant coach Scott McLeod said of No8 Squire. The Highlanders will arrive in Auckland after two defeats and will take on a Blues team who impressed early against the Rebels but slipped in their defeat to the Chiefs in Hamilton. "They have a lot of X-factor across the park and they're putting that all together and they can be a really powerful team," McLeod said.

Source: New Zealand Herald March 07, 2017 01:11 UTC