Epalahame Faiva signs for Benetton Treviso

Benetton Treviso have announced the arrival of Epalahame "Hame" Faiva, coming from Waikato.

Faiva made his debut with Waikato in July 2013 at age 19, he has since racked up 36 appearances effectively making him the first choice to wear the number 2 shirt.

The hooker has 8 appearances and has scored 4 tries with the All Blacks Under 20 with which, in 2013 and in 2014, took part in the IRB Junior World Championships and finished in fourth and third place.