Fifita continues to improve with every season and will enter 2018 with the benefit of international experience after making an eye-catching debut for the All Blacks against Samoa in 2017.

A player with immense athleticism, the Tongan-born Wellingtonian can play lock or loose forward and could probably make a good fist of the wing.

However, 2018 proved to be a frustrating period for Fifita who suffered a number of injuries and struggled for regular game time.