SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: My first thought when I woke up on Sunday morning after the World Cup final the night before was for New Zealand captain Sam Cane and how he would be feeling.

He added that he was not present in school when the incident occurred. Shambhu Gowala, who had struck Bishal Roy, said the problem arose since the cane had snapped. “That is why his fingers bled. But ...

Sir John Kirwan believes that Dalton Papali’i is the perfect replacement for Sam Cane as the All Blacks great weighed up Scott Robertson’s selection dilemma. The New Zealand head coach has ...

The former England captain, who was forced to lock himself in a hotel in Birmingham during the August riots, added that the country's previous government need to take responsibility for what happened.