His second season saw him feature in all 10 of Harbour's championship matches and score 3 tries as the men from Auckland's North Shore finished in 5th place on the log, just missing out on the promotion playoffs.

Li was again an ever-present, starting all 12 of Harbour's games during the year as well as bagging a career high 7 season tries including the opening try in the epic 40-37 semi-final victory away to Wellington.

[5] After Some impressive outings in pre-season, he was named on the bench for the Blues opening game away to the Highlanders and came on for his Super Rugby debut as a second-half substitute in a 21-29 loss for his side.

2015 saw a little stagnation in his progress, featuring 7 times and failing to cross the try line once as the Blues endured a horror season, winning just 3 of 16 games to finish in 14th spot on the overall log.

Prior to the start of the 2016 Super Rugby season Tana Umaga replaced Sir John Kirwan as Blues head coach and this brought about an upturn in fortunes both for the franchise and for Li personally.