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Damian McKenzie is back in New Zealand and is expected to line up in a Southland club rugby fixture in Invercargill on Friday night.
Damian McKenzie is expected to make his New Zealand rugby return through a club game in Southland on Friday night.
The All Black star left New Zealand at the end of 2src21 for a stint with Tokyo Suntory Sungoliath in the new Japan Rugby League One competition.
Although the 27-year-old has re-committed to the All Blacks, Chiefs and Waikato through till the end of 2src23.
He has back in New Zealand and is expected to be a surprise inclusion in the Woodlands team to play Star at the Les George Oval on the outskirts of Invercargill on Friday night.
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His older brother Marty McKenzie
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