Sam Cane To Give Up Captaincy Job

All Blacks skipper Sam Cane considered relinquishing the Chiefs captaincy this season in a bid to focus on footy and ease the load in what shapes as a massive World Cup year.

Monday 20 February 2023 | 16:30

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Chiefs key reps (from left) Damian McKenzie and co-captain Sam Cane in Hamilton, New Zealand, on January 7, 2023. Cane wants to concentrate on his Super Rugby Pacific games before leading the All Blacks to the Rugby World Cup in France. Photo: Chiefs

All Blacks skipper Sam Cane considered relinquishing the Chiefs captaincy this season in a bid to focus on footy and ease the load in what shapes as a massive World Cup year.

But a feeling he’s still got plenty of growth to achieve, in his on-field leadership in particular, is the reason he will indeed be at the helm of his Super Rugby Pacific club in 2023.

The 31-year-old was last week named as co-captain alongside Brad Weber for the third time in as many seasons under Clayton McMillan, for what will be an eighth successive year in charge in total (seven of those as a co-captain).