Llanelli’s Kiwi King plotting to knock champions off throne

IT tells you something about the rich three-quarter pickings in New Zealand that one of the country’s leading lights in this season’s Heineken Cup, Llanelli Scarlets Regan King, hasn’t been the recipient of a single query from All Blacks head coach Graham Henry.

Not that Henry’s reticence is preoccupying the centre; he understands the motives behind the silence from New Zealand in relation those who ply their trade in the northern hemisphere.

“It’s just New Zealand policy. If they start picking players overseas they’re going to lose a lot of players back home. I understand that principle.”