Sam Cane - All Blacks Captain
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@Crucial said in Sam Cane - All Blacks Captain:
I will never forget him leading the first ever showing of Kapa O Pango. Passion like I've never seen from an AB captain before.
His first leading of the Haka in Paris, 2004 was uber-special.
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@Victor-Meldrew wasn't it against South Africa in Dunedin? Came as a surprise to everyone including the crowd
Edit: you're right, I was thinking of the first edition of Kapo o pango
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@Victor-Meldrew I like to think our Haka went up a notch from that point forward. Taking into account Kapa o Pango not long after.
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@nzzp said in Sam Cane - All Blacks Captain:
@Victor-Meldrew wasn't it against South Africa in Dunedin? Came as a surprise to everyone including the crowd
Edit: you're right, first edition of Kapo o pango
Friend of mine was at the Paris game in '04.
The AB's wore red (poppies) for the first time and the FFR had placed information on the seats about the importance of the haka & about Dave Gallagher and NZ forces in France in WW1 & WW2. They dimmed the lights for the Haka and the crowd went silent
Thinks it is probably the most special haka performance in front of a crowd he has ever seen.
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@westcoastie said in Sam Cane - All Blacks Captain:
@Victor-Meldrew I like to think our Haka went up a notch from that point forward. Taking into account Kapa o Pango not long after.
That was a special one though.Definitely.
Tana was one of the AB legends- no nonsense, no whining, play the best you can, have a great smile when you win or lose, love having a beer with the opposition.
Smart bloke too.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Sam Cane - All Blacks Captain:
Smart bloke too.
Grew into that. I watched him as a talented but rugby dumb 18 or 19 year old playing for Wellington. Talented, but made terrible decisions in and off the field.
Must have been in 1996, and it was in that off season he got serious about fitness, and the rest is history.
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@nzzp said in Sam Cane - All Blacks Captain:
@Victor-Meldrew said in Sam Cane - All Blacks Captain:
Smart bloke too.
Grew into that. I watched him as a talented but rugby dumb 18 or 19 year old playing for Wellington. Talented, but made terrible decisions in and off the field.
Must have been in 1996, and it was in that off season he got serious about fitness, and the rest is history.
Anyone who comes up with the idea of breaking up a bar-fight with a handbag certainly isn't lacking in the decision-making department....
Like Umaga, Sam Cane has that serious, focussed, but calm look when things are getting tough. Think he'll be a safe pair of hands.
