Rugby: Crossed wires over Mehrtens

FRENCH rugby club officials are probably wondering right now why former All Black Andrew Mehrtens hasn’t returned their calls.

Sat, 20 Dec, 2003 - 00:00

Peter O’Neill

The answer is simple they are telephoning a Northland builder.

The calls from someone claiming to be a managing director representing the Castres rugby club indicate an interest in getting Mehrtens to say "au revoir" to New Zealand.

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