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13th Jun 2017

WATCH: Rhys Webb emphatically introduces himself to Malakai Fekitoa

What a tackle

Patrick McCarry

We’re big fans of both me but, on this occasion, the Welsh scrum-half came out on top.

Malakai Fekitoa will have been hoping to send a message to the All Blacks selectors in the Highlanders clash with the British & Irish Lions.

The 24-year-old is a genuine game-breaker – as he demonstrated against Ireland last November – but he had a rough start in Dunedin.

First off, he blew a three-on-two try-scoring chance – with Robbie Henshaw scrambling excellently – and then he came up against Webb.

Fekitoa burst up the left flank and looked to have shaken off Jack Nowell’s low tackle before Webb thundered in with a chest-high hit that left him reeling.

Fekitoa went off for a Head Injury Assessment but returned within 10 minutes to carry on with the game.

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