Wallabies prop Scott Sio hopes he has finally buried the injury demons that haunted him last year as he prepares to renew a childhood rivalry with a front‑rower who slipped through the Australian rugby cracks.
Sio is set to square off against family friend and junior teammate Mike Alaalatoa for the first time when the Brumbies meets the Crusaders at Canberra Stadium on Saturday night.
The pair grew up together in Sydney before their Super Rugby journeys took them down different paths, which led to Alaalatoa having to move to Christchurch to launch his career.
Alaalatoa was snapped up by the Crusaders when he was somehow overlooked by the NSW Waratahs and won a Super Rugby title last year.
Sio was recruited to the Brumbies and is now teaming up with Mike's younger brother Allan as they attempt to plot a path to Australian rugby's first trans‑Tasman win in the past 35 matches.
The Brumbies will host the Crusaders at 9.45pm Saturday.
Source: Stuff.co
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