McMillan was “100 per cent stoked’ at the depth the Chiefs – Super Rugby Aotearoa runners-up – had developed in 2021 after losing key players such as All Blacks captain Sam Cane and pro Atu Moli to injuries, and with test lock Brodie Retallick on Japan on sabbatical. “It’s disappointing that we aren t able to contest another final, but I’m absolutely rapt with the way, in both Super Rugby Aotearoa and the Trans Tasman competition with the really great depth we’ve developed.” McMillan said some players had got “significant minutes we never anticipated them getting’’ and said some, including loose forwards Zane Kapeli and Viliame Taulani (the only Chiefs try-scorer in Sydney not named Wainui) had made the most of their opportunities.
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In just 20 years, 27 women in North Staffordshire have seen their lives brutally ended by men.
The shocking statistic comes amid the debate around the freedom and safety of women following the killing of Sarah Everard in London and murder of PCSO Julia James in Kent.
It has triggered a surge in women speaking openly about the abuse, threats, harassment and violence they are subjected to from men.
Crofts, 30, was this week sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 16 years and nine months after stabbing Kimberley to death in a jealous rage.
Other innocent victims a teenage girl who was brutally raped and murdered by a footballer, a sex worker strangled to death and a young woman whose sadistic husband doused her in petrol and then set her on fire.