Overview
- Tangitau went down with a non-contact leg injury late Friday against the Chiefs in the 81st minute.
- Head coach Jamie Joseph said it looks like a ruptured Achilles and the team is waiting on an official diagnosis.
- The collapse came on his 14th carry and the spilled ball led to a Chiefs try two minutes later.
- The winger wrote on Instagram that this was not how he wanted to finish the year and he thanked supporters.
- The defeat leaves the Highlanders seventh and outside the playoff places, and the injury likely ends his season during a breakout push for All Blacks selection under new coach Dave Rennie.