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'Genuine deep cut': Picture of gruesome Sam Cane head injury revealed

Sam Cane of New Zealand receives medical attention before leaving the pitch with an injury during the Autumn Nations Series match between Ireland and New Zealand at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. (Photo By Brendan Moran/Sportsfile via Getty Images)

New Zealand back-row Sam Cane has revealed the extent of a head injury sustained during his side’s gritty 23-13 victory over Ireland at Dublin’s Aviva Stadium.

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Former skipper Cane exited the game in the final minutes after a head injury requiring stitches, potentially sidelining him for New Zealand’s upcoming Test against France in Paris.

“Sam Cane needed stitches and he’s undergoing an HIA (head injury assessment). The doctor had a hell of a job, it was a genuine deep cut,” head coach Scott Robertson told NZ press overnight.

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The 20-min red card explained by referee Karl Dickson

Referee Karl Dickson explains the 20-min red card system that is in place during the Autumn Nations Series.

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The 20-min red card explained by referee Karl Dickson

Referee Karl Dickson explains the 20-min red card system that is in place during the Autumn Nations Series.

The 32-year-old was relentless in Dublin and was instrumental in the All Blacks’ victory, leading New Zealand’s tackle count with nine and absorbing several big hits in a fiercely physical encounter.

Ireland’s hopes of revenge for last year’s 28-24 World Cup quarter-final loss to the All Blacks fell short, ending their 19-match unbeaten run in Dublin. Will Jordan’s try and six penalties from Damian McKenzie sealed the visitors’ win, overshadowing Ireland’s promising start to the second half, which briefly reduced the deficit after a try from Josh van der Flier and eight points from Jack Crowley.

The highly anticipated rematch was billed as a contest between world heavyweights but it was New Zealand who controlled much of the first half, with only tight last-ditch defending from Ireland keeping the score within reach.

It didn’t come without a physical cost for Cane, who received the nasty gash to the head a few minutes before the full time whistle was blown. It required at least eight stitches to his forehead but ‘warrior’ Cane didn’t seem too put out.

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Sam Cane
Sam Cane’s nasty-looking cut to the forehead.

The veteran has played 93 matches for New Zealand with a 78 per cent win rate, scored 12 tries, and served 5137 minutes in the black jersey. For the Chiefs, he has 110 matches, 68 wins and 14 tries.

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BH 11 days ago

RedWarrior would say that this is fake news and the photo was Photoshopped

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Chiefs Mana 11 days ago

He would call it arrogant to post it online and then start talking about Reiko again

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MakeOllieMathisAnAB 11 days ago

Bloody hell Razor, what are you thinking putting Koro Cane through this every week? Do you you make your Grandad carry his own shopping too?

Tell Peter Lakai to put down the playstation controller and get out there.

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Deplorable 11 days ago

Mmm, I thought rucking was banned a long time ago……

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LRB 11 days ago

Bloody hell, that's some gash. Talk about taking one for the team!

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Icefarrow 10 days ago

Child's play for him. Already broken his neck in South Africa. Man's a machine.

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muku 11 days ago

103 test matches not 93

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JW 2 hours ago
'Passionate reunion of France and New Zealand shows Fabien Galthie is wrong to rest his stars'

Ok, managed to read the full article..

... New Zealand’s has only 14 and the professional season is all over within four months. In France, club governance is the responsibility of an independent organisation [the Ligue Nationale de Rugby or LNR] which is entirely separate from the host union [the Fédération Française de Rugby or FFR]. Down south New Zealand Rugby runs the provincial and the national game.

That is the National Provincial Championship, a competition of 14 representative union based teams run through the SH international window and only semi professional (paid only during it's running). It is run by NZR and goes for two and a half months.


Super Rugby is a competition involving 12 fully professional teams, of which 5 are of New Zealand eligibility, and another joint administered team of Pacific Island eligibility, with NZR involvement. It was a 18 week competition this year, so involved (randomly chosen I believe) extra return fixtures (2 or 3 home and away derbys), and is run by Super Rugby Pacific's own independent Board (or organisation). The teams may or may not be independently run and owned (note, this does not necessarily mean what you think of as 'privately owned').


LNR was setup by FFR and the French Government to administer the professional game in France. In New Zealand, the Players Association and Super Rugby franchises agreed last month to not setup their own governance structure for professional rugby and re-aligned themselves with New Zealand Rugby. They had been proposing to do something like the English model, I'm not sure how closely that would have been aligned to the French system but it did not sound like it would have French union executive representation on it like the LNR does.

In the shaky isles the professional pyramid tapers to a point with the almighty All Blacks. In France the feeling for country is no more important than the sense of fierce local identity spawned at myriad clubs concentrated in the southwest. Progress is achieved by a nonchalant shrug and the wide sweep of nuanced negotiation, rather than driven from the top by a single intense focus.

Yes, it is pretty much a 'representative' selection system at every level, but these union's are having to fight for their existence against the regime that is NZR, and are currently going through their own battle, just as France has recently as I understand it. A single focus, ala the French game, might not be the best outcome for rugby as a whole.


For pure theatre, it is a wonderful article so far. I prefer 'Ntamack New Zealand 2022' though.

The young Crusader still struggles to solve the puzzle posed by the shorter, more compact tight-heads at this level but he had no problem at all with Colombe.

It was interesting to listen to Manny during an interview on Maul or Nothing, he citied that after a bit of banter with the All Black's he no longer wanted one of their jersey's after the game. One of those talks was an eye to eye chat with Tamaiti Williams, there appear to be nothing between the lock and prop, just a lot of give and take. I thought TW angled in and caused Taylor to pop a few times, and that NZ were lucky to be rewarded.

f you have a forward of 6ft 8ins and 145kg, and he is not at all disturbed by a dysfunctional set-piece, you are in business.

He talked about the clarity of the leadership that helped alleviate any need for anxiety at the predicaments unfolding before him. The same cannot be said for New Zealand when they had 5 minutes left to retrieve a match winning penalty, I don't believe. Did the team in black have much of a plan at any point in the game? I don't really call an autonomous 10 vehicle they had as innovative. I think Razor needs to go back to the dealer and get a new game driver on that one.

Vaa’i is no match for his power on the ground. Even in reverse, Meafou is like a tractor motoring backwards in low gear, trampling all in its path.

Vaa'i actually stops him in his tracks. He gets what could have been a dubious 'tackle' on him?

A high-level offence will often try to identify and exploit big forwards who can be slower to reload, and therefore vulnerable to two quick plays run at them consecutively.

Yes he was just standing on his haunches wasn't he? He mentioned that in the interview, saying that not only did you just get up and back into the line to find the opposition was already set and running at you they also hit harder than anything he'd experienced in the Top 14. He was referring to New Zealands ultra-physical, burst-based Super style of course, which he was more than a bit surprised about. I don't blame him for being caught out.


He still sent the obstruction back to the repair yard though!

What wouldn’t the New Zealand rugby public give to see the likes of Mauvaka and Meafou up front..

Common now Nick, don't go there! Meafou showed his Toulouse shirt and promptly got his citizenship, New Zealand can't have him, surely?!?


As I have said before with these subjects, really enjoy your enthusiasm for their contribution on the field and I'd love to see more of their shapes running out for Vern Cotter and the like styled teams.

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