All Blacks skipper in hot water for tripping pitch invader

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All Blacks skipper Sam Cane is acceptable to travel nether scrutiny from Sanzaar for kicking retired astatine a pitch-invader aft their trial triumph implicit Argentina.

Cane said helium was "deeply disappointed" successful himself implicit the incidental aft the Rugby Championship trial lucifer successful Mendoza connected Sunday morning.

The All Blacks skipper was lasting with his team-mates aft the 41-12 triumph implicit the Pumas astatine Estadio Mavinas Argentinas erstwhile the pitch-invader ran past him.

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The openside flanker past swung his limb astatine the person, who fell to the turf, earlier rapidly getting backmost to his feet arsenic helium was chased.

Sam Cane apologised for tripping a transportation invader during the All Blacks' Rugby Championship trial lucifer against Argentina successful Mendoza connected July 8 2023. (Instagram: @samcane7)

Sanzaar main enforcement Brendan Morris said the incidental volition beryllium reviewed, with the spotlight perchance connected Cane having brought the crippled into disrepute.

"We person lone seen constricted footage of the incident, truthful volition reappraisal tomorrow, pursuing reappraisal of a ceremonial study from the lucifer manager," Morris told Newshub.

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A New Zealand newsman connected the tract astatine Mendoza astatine the clip of the incidental said the pitch-invader Cane tripped was 1 of may.

"I person nary existent contented with what Sam Cane has done here," Newstalk ZB's rugby exertion Elliott Smith said connected Twitter connected Sunday.

"The transportation invaders were coming from left, close and centre from fulltime - I fishy determination would person been 15 oregon truthful astatine least. One astir took retired Damian McKenzie and I arsenic we were speaking for Sky."

All Blacks skipper Sam Cane speaks to media during a New Zealand Captain's Run. (Daniel Jayo via Getty Images)

Former All Black Israel Dagg backed Cane's actions.

"I would person done the aforesaid tbh .. possibly a lazy nary limb shoulder!! Stay disconnected the field," Dagg tweeted.

Cane apologised for his actions connected his Instagram leafage and spoke to the pitch-invader.

"Tonight aft the crippled I made an mistake successful judgement which was wholly retired of quality for me,'' Cane wrote.

"I americium truly sorry. I consciousness atrocious and americium profoundly disappointed successful myself. I americium trying truly hard to marque interaction with the idiosyncratic progressive to apologise for my actions and marque things right.''

"Through the assistance of galore bully people, I managed to way down Roman. Had a bully drawback up with him and his friends and I'm gladsome that we could permission things successful a bully place," Cane wrote.

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