{"id":8079,"date":"2023-10-04T05:18:43","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T16:18:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=8079"},"modified":"2023-10-04T05:18:43","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T16:18:43","slug":"sam-cane-new-zealand-captain-to-make-first-2023-world-cup-start-against-uruguay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=8079","title":{"rendered":"Sam Cane: New Zealand captain to make first 2023 World Cup start against Uruguay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"qa-introduction gel-pica-bold\" role=\"introduction\" data-reactid=\".2fzyou4yaaa.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-2\"><span data-reactid=\".2fzyou4yaaa.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-2.0\">New Zealand captain Sam Cane will make his first start of the Rugby World Cup in the All Blacks&#8217; final Pool A match against Uruguay.<\/span><\/p>\n<div data-reactid=\".2fzyou4yaaa.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-3\">\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".2fzyou4yaaa.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-3.0\"><span data-reactid=\".2fzyou4yaaa.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-3.0.0\">Cane has recovered from a back injury and starts as one of nine changes for the game in Lyon on Thursday.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"\" data-reactid=\".2fzyou4yaaa.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-3.1\">\n<div id=\"bbccom_mpu_1_2_3\" class=\"bbccom_slot bbccom_standard_slot mpu_first_slot\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-reactid=\".2fzyou4yaaa.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-3.1.$body-0\">\n<div class=\"bbccom_advert\" data-reactid=\".2fzyou4yaaa.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-3.1.$body-0.0\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".2fzyou4yaaa.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-4\"><span data-reactid=\".2fzyou4yaaa.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-4.0\">Sam Whitelock also starts and in doing so will break the all-time record for the most World Cup appearances.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".2fzyou4yaaa.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-5\"><span data-reactid=\".2fzyou4yaaa.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-5.0\">The All Blacks would qualify for the quarter-finals with a bonus-point victory.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul data-reactid=\".2fzyou4yaaa.0.0.0.1.$list-6\">\n<li class=\"\" data-reactid=\".2fzyou4yaaa.0.0.0.1.$list-6.$list-item-1\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".2fzyou4yaaa.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-7\"><span data-reactid=\".2fzyou4yaaa.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-7.0\">Flanker Cane came off the bench in\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"story-body__internal-link\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/rugby-union\/match\/EVP3542811\" data-reactid=\".2fzyou4yaaa.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-7.$link-2\"><span data-reactid=\".2fzyou4yaaa.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-7.$link-2.0\">the 96-17 win over Italy<\/span><\/a><span data-reactid=\".2fzyou4yaaa.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-7.3\">\u00a0in New Zealand&#8217;s previous game, and he is now fit enough to make the starting XV for Thursday&#8217;s match.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".2fzyou4yaaa.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-8\"><span data-reactid=\".2fzyou4yaaa.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-8.0\">The other changes from the crushing win over the Italians include Cam Roigard starting at scrum-half and Damian McKenzie at full-back.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".2fzyou4yaaa.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-9\"><span data-reactid=\".2fzyou4yaaa.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-9.0\">It is the first time McKenzie has worn the number 15 for his country since November 2021. His past five caps have been at fly-half or as a replacement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".2fzyou4yaaa.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-10\"><span data-reactid=\".2fzyou4yaaa.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-10.0\">Second-row Whitelock will play in his 23rd Rugby World Cup match, surpassing England&#8217;s 2003 World Cup winner Jason Leonard and fellow All Black Richie McCaw for the all-time appearance record.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".2fzyou4yaaa.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-11\"><span data-reactid=\".2fzyou4yaaa.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-11.0\">It is Whitelock&#8217;s 150th Test, with only Wales great Alun Wyn Jones &#8211; with 171 &#8211; having earned more international caps.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".2fzyou4yaaa.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-11\">BBC<\/p>\n<div class=\"teads-inread sm-screen\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"teads-ui-components-adchoices\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Zealand captain Sam Cane will make his first start of the Rugby World Cup in the All Blacks&#8217; final Pool A match against Uruguay. Cane has recovered from a back injury and starts as one of nine changes for the game in Lyon on Thursday. Sam Whitelock also starts and in doing so will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":8080,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8079","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=8079"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8079\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8081,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8079\/revisions\/8081"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}