Ardie Savea is the latest All Black to come down with the mumps. Bad things come in threes, and that is the case in the All Blacks camp after Hurricanes openside Ardie Savea became the third player to go down with the contagious viral illness. It is believed Savea caught the illness from team-mate Rieko Ioane. He's been fully vaccinated previously as a kid but clearly he's got something. We're not just sitting back taking it for granted I know Tony has done a great job of isolating it but clearly Ardie has caught something."

Source: Otago Daily Times November 21, 2017 16:41 UTC