Season Cut Short As Bleyendaal Awaits Surgery

A serious neck injury has ended Tyler Bleyendaal’s rugby year. Canterbury first five-eighth Bleyendaal is due to have surgery to correct a prolapsed disc in his neck and whether he will represent Munster, the Irish club he had agreed to join after the National Provincial Championship, will depend on if the operation is a success. Bleyendaal, 24, had wanted to end his Canterbury career by helping them defend the NPC title before relocating to Ireland but the injury he suffered while playing Waikato in Hamilton last month has terminated those hopes. ”I am working with Munster to plan…