Outgoing All Blacks captain Sam Cane has admitted that he has still not got over the fact he received a red card in the World Cup final.
One of the major talking points during the 2023 Rugby World Cup final was the decision to red card All Blacks captain Sam Cane, although this was made via the bunker review system rather than the on-field officials.
“It feels like it’s not real, to be honest,” the 32-year-old said. “You really just can’t grasp the shock that you’re under sitting in that chair. Just the overwhelming feeling that I’ve let my teammates down when they needed me the most. “Then the sideline referee came over and just said; ‘it’s going to be upgraded to a red’. Even now just saying those words. I just feel the tension. I suppose that sense of shock that I encountered in that moment hits me again now.
“My wife, my sisters, the other boys’ families who you’ve got to know closely over a long period of time and just the overwhelming feeling of ‘I’ve let my teammates down, when they needed me the most’.”Cane appeared before an independent Disciplinary Committee after the World Cup final, andfor three matches
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