Ravenhill or Rebels for Rush?
Sat, 23 Jan 2010 15:24
Cardiff Blues No.8 Xavier Rush, according to the South Wales Echo, has emerged as potential target for Ulster and the Melbourne Rebels.
With another foreign player, Dan Parks, set to join the Blues in the summer one of their current crop of imports will have to give up their squad spot.
Rush, despite being a fan-favourite and long-time servant of the club, is believed to be the most likely choice although, as he himself says, no decision has been formally made just yet.
Now 32 years old, Rush remains one of the most powerful ball carriers in the Magners League and is being strongly linked with a possible switch to Ravenhill or perhaps, if reports are to be believed, could well join the new Super Rugby franchise, the Rebels, if he leaves Cardiff.
No final call though have been made, with Rush himself insisting that it is not impossible that he will still be a Blues player at the start of the 2010/11 season.
"I'm certainly not against staying in Cardiff," the Kiwi said to the South Wales Echo.
"I am looking at some different options but by no means is anything signed."
A Super 12 winner with the Auckland Blues in 2003, Rush has won eight caps for the All Blacks and is a former Cardiff captain.
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