[6] 2013 would prove to be his final season with the Razorbacks and it saw him score 3 times in 10 games as the men from Dunedin reached the Championship semi-finals before being defeated 29-24 by Hawke's Bay.
[7] After three years of solid performances at domestic level for Otago, Evans earned a Super Rugby contract with the Dunedin-based Highlanders ahead of the 2014 season.
[9] Despite strong competition from fellow loose forwards such as Shane Christie, Elliot Dixon, Nasi Manu and John Hardie, Evans acquitted himself well in his debut season of Super Rugby, playing 11 times and scoring 2 tries.
[16] Evans' injury troubles in 2016 also restricted him to only 1 start and 4 appearances in total for the Highlanders, who surrendered their Super Rugby crown, losing to the Lions in Johannesburg at the semi-final stage.
[9] The 2017 season proved more successful for Evans, as he played 15 games for the Highlanders, including a start against the touring British and Irish Lions side on 13 June 2017.
[25] After his All Blacks debut on 3 November 2018, Evans stayed in Japan for a brief stint with Japanese club NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes for the remainder of their 2018 Top Challenge League season.
[29] On 1 November 2021, the Highlanders announced that Evans would return to Dunedin, where his professional career started, and join his brother Bryn at the franchise for the 2022 Super Rugby Pacific season.