#2. WILLI HEINZ – TO NEW ZEALAND
Number of caps: 13
The scrum-half, who represented England at the 2019 Rugby World Cup, returned to his native New Zealand after departing Worcester Warriors.
Signing with the Crusaders for the 2023 Super Rugby season, he has every chance of impressing, and is eligible for a call-up in the summer having not played for England in March 2020.
Heinz played for and captained Canterbury in New Zealand’s ITM Cup and also played for Christchurch-based Crusaders in Super Rugby before he joined Gloucester ahead of the 2015/16.
Having qualified to play for England, Heinz won 13 caps between 2019 and 2020 and played in the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan.
