{"id":6300,"date":"2023-07-09T17:37:26","date_gmt":"2023-07-09T05:37:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=6300"},"modified":"2023-07-09T17:37:26","modified_gmt":"2023-07-09T05:37:26","slug":"all-blacks-captain-sam-cane-apologises-for-kicking-pitch-invader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=6300","title":{"rendered":"All Blacks captain Sam Cane apologises for kicking pitch invader"},"content":{"rendered":"

All Blacks captain Sam Cane has apologised on social media after being caught on camera kicking a pitch invader.<\/p>\n

The incident occurred after the\u00a0All Blacks 41-21 win over Argentina<\/a>\u00a0in Mendoza earlier today (local time).<\/p>\n

Footage has emerged of a fan running onto the field and past the All Blacks team huddle while being chased by security.<\/p>\n

It showed Cane intervening by kicking the invading fan which sent him to the ground.<\/p>\n

The person got up straight after, and continued running.<\/p>\n

\"All<\/p>\n

Cane’s apology was posted on Instagram.\u00a0<\/span>Photo:\u00a0Screenshot<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Cane has since apologised on Instagram.<\/p>\n

“Tonight after the game, someone ran onto the pitch and I made an error in judgement and played a part in stopping him.”<\/p>\n

Cane wrote that it was not his role and “out of character” for him to act in such a way.<\/p>\n

“I am really sorry and am disappointed in myself.<\/p>\n

“I am trying my best to contact the individual to apologise and make things right.”<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

VIA RNZ<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

All Blacks captain Sam Cane has apologised on social media after being caught on camera kicking a pitch invader. The incident occurred after the\u00a0All Blacks 41-21 win over Argentina\u00a0in Mendoza earlier today (local time). Footage has emerged of a fan running onto the field and past the All Blacks team huddle while being chased by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":6301,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[222,174],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-nz-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6300"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6300\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6302,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6300\/revisions\/6302"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}