Dawai (30) had played 27 games for Otago and left for Irish club side Connacht at the end of the 2016 season. His two-year deal with the Irish club is up and the Fijian was keen to come back to Dunedin and play for Otago again. Nel was born in South Africa and had moved to Christchurch to play club rugby in 2015. Nel was club rugby player of the year in the Christchurch Metro competition last year for the Sumner club. Kinley said Nel would come to Dunedin next month and play club rugby in Dunedin next year.

Source: Otago Daily Times May 11, 2018 17:43 UTC