McAlister will now leave New Zealand and join his new side Toulouse immediately
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David Long, writing for the Dominion Post, gives his view on Luke McAlister's time in New Zealand following the news the centre has secured his early release from the NZRU.
"And so the curtain comes down on one of the most disappointing and unfulfilled rugby careers in New Zealand.
There will be few tears shed when Luke McAlister heads through the departure gates at Auckland Airport.
There won't be a campaign for a statue to be built outside North Harbour Stadium, or a stand named in his honour.
And I'm sure most people's initial thoughts on hearing he has been released early from his contract to join Toulouse straight away would have been 'good riddance'.
From the moment McAlister arrived back in New Zealand from his two-year stint at Sale Sharks, his career has been an unmitigated flop.
The NZRU broke, not bent, their eligibility rules to allow him to be rushed straight into the All Blacks, despite not playing in a domestic competition that year."
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