Sam Cane opens up on his thoughts on his Peter O'Mahony confrontation in New Zealand vs Ireland 

Sam Cane a humble hardworking Kiwi country boy from Reporua - tough, up the guts, will work all day, never seeks any personal glory, all about the team - he lives and upholds the core values of being an AB, values that go back 130 years to the first official AB team, and origins of NZ as a nation - kia kaha and all the best Sam

Fair play to Cane for fronting up to Press in the pissing rain / am sure was prob the last thing he felt like doing. The guy broke his neck playing rugby / then works his way back to international level - gotta respect the guy, win or lose on Saturday. Thought TJ Perenara also very gracious in his comments after Maori game this morning. As for all the sledging BS it's schoolyard stuff / should be left there.

Never tell O'Mahony his lawn looks shit.

I seen a analytic video on twitter regarding Irelands formations when they have the ball. Every phase, Everybody is playing their part in running lines and decoys in a purposeful manner. And when you have Sexton making the right decisions almost every time, Its no wonder Ireland were strolling up the field whenever they had the ball. It was amazing watching the players all in sync confuse the NZ defence. Its a stark difference to when NZ have the ball, They rely on their pace and skill to win the 1v1 matchup thus causing an overlap etc.

Here's to a fantastic series decider, Irish man here from Dublin and this contest has to be one of the best, lived in NZ total respect to the AB team and passion, it's a religion there. Here's to a great contest between two greats!!!!

Absolutely unbelievable win for Ireland in Wellington / what an incredible achievement!! Still have nothing but respect for Sam Cane + his AB team. Heads up boys.

Sexton is pure class, thought he looked past it two years ago, got that wrong. Best 10 in the world right now, if he stays on the pitch for the 80, Ireland will win next week.

“We’re better” hasn’t aged well. But, these players deserve more. A lot of potential and depth.

Great Rugby , Thanks to all the Irish players past and present players and management that made this possible. Good luck to both teams for saturday.. lets have a great fair , safe game and throw the ball around.

For anyone who is unaware of why Peter O'Mahony said this to Sam Cane; If you watch replays of just before the incident, Sam unneccessarily and aggressively pulls Peter by the collar off the ground. That was Peter's response to it.

Peter O'Mahoney to Sam Cane "you're just a shit Ritchie McCaw". 🤣

I mean, the real fans of rugby in NZ know that O'Mahony made Cane look like a schoolboy on saturday. It's this "not my fault" attitude from Foster and Cane that is the reason I didn't like either as captain/coach. Cane's lucky to even be in the squad on current form, and Fozzies been on the coattails of Hansen's successes and has achieved nothing of not at any level in coaching. The cards had much less effect on the game then AB's inability to change tactics, and the Irish team being much more disciplined and also a lot more physical and together. NZ fans are sore losers, and even worse winners when it comes to rugby, and I say that as a kiwi. We need a wakeup tbh.

Roll on Saturday all I hope is that it is a good clean game and a Irish win dreams can come true but it's going to be some battle hope all players come of the field safe and sound thanks all blacks and Ireland

good luck to both teams for saturday.

Really hope we bring it home on Saturday

You wait for 4 min just to listen to 10 sec of Sam canes response to Peter O'Mahony 😂😂. That's the press for you 😂

I was thinking we (Ireland) have a chance of winning this series, and then I remember it's Wayne Barnes refereeing the game. If teams had the options to block certain referees from reffing their game, Wayne Barnes, I'm fairly sure, would be first on that list for 90%+ Irish fans. Guess the positive way to look at it from an Irish point of view is that Andy Farrell came down to NZ for a tough challenging tour, with Wayne Barnes refereeing the game it definitely ups the challenge for us.

Big ups to this guy answering the tough questions for the media unfortunately one-man can't control the outcome of the upcoming game.

I know he just had a training session but he sounds kind of nervous or anxious when asked certain questions. The pressures definitely on them I feel.

I remember Cane nearly taking Henshaw's head off in a brutally bad tackle in the game at the Aviva in 2016 a couple of weeks after their Chicago defeat. Hopefully the All Blacks keep their nasty side under control this time and just play good hard rugby whether they are winning or losing. Wayne Barnes will need to be on top form to referee this one down the line and give reds and yellows when they are deserved to protect the players.

What's meant by "fired up"?... The fact is NZ needed more composure and discipline. They could plausibly have been given a red card in the first Test, and in the second two reds as well as conceding a penalty try (with a yellow card), all before half time.

Now it to make more history first win with Wayne Barnes as a ref...

Yeah he really opened up in those final few seconds 🙄

I haven't heard Cane sound like this before? Does he seem a little different to his usual self here? Focus? Nerves? Anger at a a perceived slight he'd like to put right? Almost definitely. Bring on Saturday. Shoulder to shoulder lads.

On the field sledging is one thing and that will always go on with competitive sport. Cricketers are masters of that art. When it is highlighted in the media as this comment was ,it exposes Cane to people taking shots at him on social media as a direct result.He and his team see this and it adds to their resolve to get even. It will backfire on O'Mahoney in some way just wait and see. Players will put an extra sting in their tackle . It will be interesting to see if there is a reaction onfield

I hope that New Zealand with learn to play the game instead of severely injuring or crippling the Irish players, they have been dishing out their brutal hard stuff on the visiting Irish teams for years, hopefully, the refs will continue to come down hard of nasty foul play, yes on all sides

Does anyone actually know how the world rankings are scored?

This guy is under some pressure. There haven't been many as good as McCaw, impossible to live up to that standard,

its surreal gowing up watching the all blacks, lomu at world cup 99 making shit of everyone. seeing a full team of stars play monster rugby. New Zealand is and always will be the holy grail but as an irish man to now be seeing us near enough on a level playing field is mad to see. hopefully we turn up at the world cup next year and not bottle it. a semi final would be unreal...a final( nah your having a laugh now) ..if somehow we won it..which we wont...but just imagine a team from ireland winning anything so huge..jesus...the session to end all sessions 😅 back to reality tho. the complete reliance on johnny with no cover is our achillis heal. without him wer not half the team its very worrying. plenty of water buckets, sponges and deep freeze on the plane to france lads. to have a win in New Zealand is amazing. a series win would be unheard of not so long ago. fair the all blacks are in a dip but ireland have well and truley slapped down the door and are here to play with the big boys now, the decider is gona be a classic. 15 v 15 for 80 mins all to play for...lets fuking have it! awesome summer tours all round. I feel for folks who dont like or watch rugby, fukin great sport 🤪

Ireland’s greatest ever sporting moment coming up? The ABs lowest point ever on Saturday? Can’t wait to see it unfold. Cane and his opposite number will be at the heart of the outcome. Bring it on, Baby, bring it on!

Opens up?

Always got the vibe that Australian = Britain Ireland = New Zealand.

Ireland are doing NZ rugby a favour. We have to catch up tactically and physically. Watching the maori team get physically bullied at the breakdown yesterday was quite alarming. And, are the northern hemisphere teams more disciplined then us? We need to develop a global game or we'll get left in the dust.

I think Buck summed up last weeks performance pretty accurately in a recent interview and that is under Foster the ABs simply haven't evolved. Which means for the better part of 3 years we've been stagnant whilst the rest of the top tier has been advancing. Last year's performance was average and we've started 2022 less than average. Canes been missing from the field for half his captaincy due to injuries so why has Foster persisted? He's not the best in his position and far from best in the world and to win consistently you need players in key roles within the team to be classed as best in there position. We had it for years we don't currently. But hey what do I know, I couldn't do what any of them do in a month of Sundays! 😀 One thing for sure, whilst we as passionate supporters are upset, I can only guess that multiplier is times a 100 for those in the squad. All credit to the NH teams that put the SH teams to the sword last weekend. Sets this weekend up as a belter!!! Go the mighty All Blacks!!

I realy feel for Sam at the moment. He dont deserve all the bashing. This team is a skillfull bunch of players,but they are lead by a coach that aint up to it. Nz's card fiasco wont stop,because they will again be under the pump most of the game.If you tackle 2 times more than the opostion chances are you will get cards.

Even if I might think that Ian Foster is not the best guy for the job.I can't even coach a primary school team so it's best I keep my opinions to myself because I might think I know a lot but truth is I don't. I might think Sam is not the best captain but it's best I keep shut cause I wasn't even the captain of my high school rugby team. I might think that this is a weak AB side but it's best I shut up because I am light years away from knowing what it takes to become one. It's best I stay behind the TV screen shut my mouth watch the game, keep supporting them and just watch them get better in all areas. Or if I think they are crap.....easyJust don't watch them play anymore.But I enjoy seeing the fight they put up even if things aren't going well so I'll keep watching.

I think Will Jordan's got to be in, and Laulala up front - some big fellah up front. All the best lads.

Cane was lucky to even make the ABs after his return from a neck injury. I don't know how he instantly got the captaincy role back. He is far from the best open side in the country and there are plenty of other senior players in the squad who could captain the side.

Getting rid of the opening minutes of being complacent would be good, and how about we play the first half in their territory.

Good straight honest captain with NZ values to the core......will not be easy for Ireland next Saturday

He sounds beaten already ..

Even the Irish know the World rankings are meaningless.

He take it well you have to give him his due there

Now focussing on getting back to being world number two 🙂

"Pound shop" Ritchie McCaw :))))

Wayne Barnes is refereeing New Zealand vs Ireland on Saturday. Hope he'll be watching New Zealand's dirty play and responding promptly. If he does it will impinge on their game and force them to play rugby without the usual tricks. So, in the spirit of bonhomie may the best team win on the 16th...

Cheers Sam I’m still a big fan of yours don’t read the papers for the next month. Your a great player and a great person Kia kaha. Arohamai

Im Irish and a big fan of Pete o'mahony but Ive lost a bit of respect for him for that. Sam Cane is great player and, from what I can see, a stand up person and that's just cheap and overly personal. Its also stupidly unnecessary. Why give the best team in the world any more motivation to come for you next week

21st century & still haven't figured out how to use a microphone to hear the questions!

6 seconds at the end on Omhaony

So basically I saw that he said Cane is a "shit Mcaw"...well thank you Peter for saying that. Most kiwis think the same.

Ireland having beat Maori in Wellington will be full of confidence. They will be very hard to beat.

To paraphrase Ian Jones - no one beats the All Blacks they just score more points.

We need two more like savea in the game

Sam’s alright

“Opens up” for 5 seconds of a 4:21 video… 😂 thanks for that rugbypass

from sbok support....i think nz and sa will win this weekend,no doubt from my side,still good series wales and irish...ausies i dont know my gut sais england win and schotland on the other side...4finals i cant wait....if i were irish take my advice,never wrote nz or sa off specially when wounded....i think in history never or maybe these teams beaten 2c in a row ....(ausies was there but not now)

A red card for 2 guys colliding in a tackle without any malice is unbelivable (yellow at most) and that combined with a yellow card for a player not being able to change direction in mid air whilst charging down a ball is indefensible. This game is being ruined by card mania which ruins games for both spectators and players. Had those 2 unbelievable cards not been given the AB's wouldn't have been under anywhere near the same pressure and would have been able to execute their game plan. Even so they very nearly won in the last 10 min so not a huge loss. All the AB's have to do next week is keep it very tight for the first half and unleash hell in the second. Ireland are devoloping into an incredible team due to a large part by kiwi involvement however the AB's on the day without red cards will 99% of the time beat any team anytime. Have faith..... Note for Ian...... Beauden is no good at 10...... every team in the world knows what he is going to do....... keep to Mo'unga

If it rains on saturday its anybodys game!

Headline is stupid. Opens up 🤔 don't you mean answering a question 🤔 it's not like he's opening up after years of hell .. PS he's a decent chap respect 👍🇮🇪☘️

I think Ireland are just a better team

Bit of click bait going on there with that headline...a predictable one-line comment from Sam in the last 2 seconds of the video hardly covers your ridiculous title

Lower the retirement age for the ABs & present them with a Super Red & Yellow card unlike the traditional Gold card

Don’t worry boys you got that mana

Better to travel in hope than to arrive Sam 🇨🇮

Turns out neither the Kiwi team - nor a number of their supporters - are as sporting as their reputation suggests. Same goes for Jeff Wilson - but absolutely no surprises there. A little absence of class now clearly showing through!? COME ON IRELAND !!! Worthy winners twice in one week - now get the job finished. ✊🏼✊🏼

"Sam Cane opens up on his thoughts on his Peter O'Mahony confrontation" - barely.

The headline of this vid refers to the last 3 seconds. What a croc. It was an interesting video but that headline is misleading clickbait.

Stay the course Ireland . Play your best every match .

I feel bad for him, but if he truly cared about the jersey he'd just quit in disgust at these new ridiculous head contact laws.

Pressure is on waikato

NZ and Wayne Barnes, again. Are the ABs going to blame the English ref again for a crushing defeat? Come on ABs, be bigger than that. If you win, you win; if you lose, you lose. It won’t be the refs fault. It will down to your own shortcomings: “ when we are sick in fortune, often the surfeit of our own behaviour, we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon, and the stars ” [William Shakespeare, King Lear (1623)]- and blame an English ref!

And here we are....after a World Cup Quarter finals...and Ireland are still chokers and Peter O'mahoney will NEVER have a World Cup win🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Beauden should be captain

The most overrated back rower top tier there is (kudos on injury fight back) but he can’t even string a sentence. I hope Barnes doesn’t let him or the ABs perform on field assault like the ABS did on Dublin soil post Chicago beating. And no I’m not Irish.

Most might not agree but I think the red card was correct The duty of care is on the tackler Remember ring rose is out for this game So by that analogy you could send lugs out to take out the opposition best players and take a chance on them not injuring themselves Yes it was tough on the ab player and it does skew matches afterwards but the law was brought in to cut out head high tackles and cheap shot of elbow or shoulder charges Hench angle change and arm wrap around and stuff It is all so defensive players don’t go for the head high option not matter what if if that means not tackling the offensive player Basically if the head high tackle is your only option then you have no option. This is about the long term effect on player mental health. This is from someone that has been concussed 7+ times in my playing days. I played on and certainly have togged out a few days later too. If a player lines up an offensive player for a tackle then it simply cannot be head high or anywhere near it otherwise you cannot take that option If the offensive player changes course or suddenly dips down and the defensive player doesn’t have time to react then that is different and should only be a yellow card at most. Similar situation took place in the 6 nation Ireland England match Ireland played most of the match 15v14 after crazy tackle on Irish player who had to off and be replaced and missed the next game due to being concussed and injured by one of these so called unintentional tackles. Again Simple You just can’t take a chance on one of these tackles if there is a chance that it might concuss an opposite player. That s the crime and it deserves a red but for the punishment and how it affects a match I think there should be a 20 min red card for these situations and then the team can return to 15 using a substitute player. BTW Worst AB display I have ever seen and I don’t think Ireland were even at their best. All sports share something and that it if you score first it forces the other team to come out to play more and stretch themselves a bit and this makes them prone to making mistakes and then this odds further pressure and then it can unravel and we are not used to seeing NZ teams play like this. Ireland have a good first 15 and we now can worry anyone on our day but having a squad of enough quality to do it for 4-5 weeks in a row is where we get caught in World Cups so I still think we are a good bit off that level yet. Our major problem is that we have only 4 professional teams and because our players are centrally contracted means it is very hard to blood new players and keep the current ones on their toes. At ten sexton still the boss Carbery very good but has had rotten luck with injury The chasing pack then don’t get enough top level game time to hone their stills. Not bad though for a country where rugby is our 4th sport. All our best savages are playing GAA and if we tap this market ( think John Hayes, Taghe Furlong and Sean OBrien) big strong farmers then the world including SA would better watch out. There are over 2500 GAA clubs in Ireland and roughly 200 rugby clubs That tells its own story. Looking forward to the 3rd test Think NZ will squeeze thru tho Wayne Barney’s has proved to be not a friend of Ireland If NZ have all their best players Whitelock Savea etc think they will have enough to get thru. I have been supporting Ireland since the early 80s and thru the bad days of the 90s the last 20 years have been a dream

Legal Ruthlessness is what we need!

Sam Cane. Going going.....

This is what happens when you place the cart before the horse, sam cane was named captain' long before he even took the field years ago, a pretty ignorant idea to say the least, overall hes not a bad player, but has never learned not to get hurt, tackle technique also is awful at times. Also he isn't a captain really. just because a kid is mature and maybe a good player doesn't make a captain at all, McCaw wasnt a captain either(he improved over the years), he was forced into that, fitzpatrick, zinzan, real leaders are natural captains that can speak also as well as their own actions on the field.

All international players are proud of the Jersey.... So this is not a kind of insurance 😁

Beware the All Blacks when they are humble and respectful. It shows focus and accountability. Sam Cane was the epitome of dignity and poise, well said.

The RWC final was a weak performance. No tries. Down to 14 men. It's a long wait until the next one. SA looked in control on the day with the AB's lacking.

Well spoken Sam. On the Positive side, ABs won’t be as bad as last week and Ireland won’t be as good.

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Sam Kane is a decent player but at the end of the day, O'Mahony is right... not many players can compete with Sir Richie. Add to that, the fact that the referees are starting to notice the little niggling cheats that the ABs used to get away with.

Having the last laugh now 😆

I will never listen to another Kiwi moan about the weather in UK or Ireland. It looks absolutely grim down there. Rainy and cold.

Who’s the last test ref? Hopefully Southen hemisphere and hopefully free running. Probably Northern,probably the same as test two,probably plenty of cards and penalties in front of the sticks🤷‍♂️

So sad...too much wind..equally fartsmeller

Sam wins in the end

I think Beauden needs some bigger shorts

yeah nah…. bottom line is ur AB brand sucks and u will lose games and financial support until ABs have to start taking second jobs… or u can get rid of no win Foster and co

Sam cane is going down as the worst ever all blacks captain foster worst ever coach

Grow up nz everybody loozes sometimes

It's just good rugby banter! There saved you over 4 minutes, go boil an egg.

All Cane has in the back of his mind is taking Sexton out of the game next Saturday.

Please other defeat To sack all these clowns.

Fast forward a year to 2023 world cup the All Blacks knock Ireland out in the quarter finals (again) Peter Mahoney still missing

To be fair he’s a top lad but he’s no Richie McCaw

All black everything