Kobe Steelers co-captain Brodie Retallick on Monday received Japan Rugby League One's most valuable player award, a day after leading his team to the championship.The former All Blacks lock finished as the competition's leading try-scorer and was player of the match in Sunday's 22-13 victory over Spears Tokyo Bay, which marked incoming New Zealand head coach Dave Rennie's last game in charge of the Steelers.But the 35-year-old Retallick will not join Rennie in the New Zealand fold ahead of next year's Rugby World Cup unless the All Blacks change their requirement for players to be signed wi…READ FULL ARTICLE
