Atunaisa Moli hasn't been able to sit through a Super Rugby match this year.
It seems strange coming from a one-match All Black, but after being sidelined due to a haematoma in his quad muscle, the Chiefs prop has distanced himself from the sport.
"It was killing me knowing that I wasn't playing. If I was to watch a game, I'd probably watch only the first half," Moli, 23, said. "And with the ABs [against France], it was quite hard to watch. But I guess that's just the way rugby is. There's a lot of boys who have been in my shoes and they've come back all right so hopefully that happens for me, too."
After a breakout year for the Chiefs in 2017 saw him earn his first taste of All Blacks rugby, Moli found just how fickle the life of a professional sportsperson can be when his 2018 campaign ended after one 24-minute stint from the bench. In the Chiefs' season opener against the Crusaders, he copped a solid knock to his leg. It wasn't until a few days later that he realised the knock was more than a stinger.
![Atunaisa Moli played for the Barbarians against the All Blacks, before going on to play for the All Blacks in late 2017. Photo / Getty Images](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/OSPUEPPDYGUKHERNVWQP566FAY.jpg?auth=4c11355f956ad9d879bfcfcfc2b66f80cad4909cc340cb57c736c1337deb6eca&width=16&height=11&quality=70&smart=true)