Fifita, 27, has travelled with the All Blacks to Perth for this weekend’s Test against the Wallabies, despite the loss of his brother Albert John Mapa, who drowned in the Provo River.
As Kaniva news reported last week, Mapa, who was also known as AJ, reportedly jumped off a pedestrian bridge into the water behind the dam.
Family and friends who were with him in the area told officials they could see Mapa “appeared to be in trouble,” a press release said.
Search and Rescue crews found his body more than three hours later.
