Jamayne Isaako is painfully aware his fifth Test appearance for the Kiwis on Saturday night could be the last time his terminally ill father Taai gets to see him play for his country.
Taai, along with a large group of other family members, plans to attend the game at Orangetheory Stadium on Saturday night."That will be a huge motivator for myself this weekend to be able to play in front of him."With the terminal cancer this year he didn't get the opportunity to come to any games. With the New Zealand squad spending the entire week in Christchurch, Isaako has been using any downtime and get to visit his father in hospital."We had a wee bit of downtime on Monday and I got down to the hospital and sat next to him while he was doing his chemo.
He also has his eyes set on keeping the job as the side's goalkicker despite the return of Shaun Johnson.
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