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All Blacks five-eighth Colin Slade has signed a three-year contract with Pau, who have just won promotion to France’s premier rugby union competition, the Top 14.
Slade, 27, is considered the fourth-choice five-eighth for New Zealand behind Beauden Barrett, Dan Carter and Aaron Cruden.
Slade, who has played for the Crusaders for the past year after previously lining up for the Highlanders, joins a club which is coached by former All Blacks N.10 Simon Mannix.
“This recruitment once again underlines the club’s ambition,” said Mannix.
“Colin Slade is one of the top ten in the world who has reached his peak at 27 years of age.
“For me, Colin is a really, really good all-round player and a really nice young man off the pitch.
“I can tell you that he’s arriving at Pau in a very good state of mind and is a player can only pull the team higher.”
Slade is reported to have clinched a salary of more than 500,000 euros ($A690,000) a year, with the Otago Daily Times claiming the 27-year-old, 17-times capped All Black would earn around 660,000 euros.
He will join up with another All Black at Pau, with centre Conrad Smith signing a two-year contract to begin after this year’s World Cup.
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