Lam rues Isa Fiji call

AUCKLAND BLUES coach Pat Lam is still ruing the day that Isa Nacewa pulled on a Fiji jersey for the dying moments of a 2003 World Cup game he believes cost the Leinster star at least 50 caps as an All Black.

Leinster’s player of the season Nacewa will be the last line of defence and one of the many points of attack in Joe Schmidt’s side which faces a Northampton Saints club in today’s Heineken Cup final that Lam captained to the same trophy at Munster’s expense in 2000.

And for the former Samoan back-rower, Leinster are benefiting at Auckland’s expense because of that fateful decision to choose the land of his ancestors rather than his country of birth.