All Blacks centre Havili to miss Rugby Championship

INJURY BLOW: David Havili of New Zealand. Pic: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile

New Zealand centre David Havili is expected to be sidelined for the entire Rugby Championship after suffering a serious hamstring injury in Super Rugby Pacific last weekend.

Havili limped off in the Canterbury Crusaders' home win over the New South Wales Waratahs last weekend and will likely need two months to recover, the Crusaders said.