Toeava lay-off boosts Ellison chances

Tamati Ellison’s chances of making the New Zealand squad for the upcoming end of year tour have been given a big boost following Isaia Toeava’s latest stress fracture injury.

Ellison was brought into the All Blacks training camp during the Tri-Nations as injury cover for Toeava as he recovered from a foot stress fracture. But the Wellington utility back then suffered an untimely calf injury himself when he was poised for his first cap.