Samuel Jordan Cane

Surname:

Cane

First names:

Samuel Jordan

Known by:

Sam

Country:

New Zealand

Player number:

1113

No of AB games:

AB years:

2012 - 2020

Clubs:

Tauranga Sports, Reporoa

Provincial teams:

Bay of Plenty 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2020
NZ Under 20 2011

Super teams:

Chiefs 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
Chiefs Development 2011

Super captain:

Chiefs 2016 Co, 2017 Co, 2018 Co, 2019 Co, 2020

Country captain:

All Blacks 2020

Biography:

2010: Flanker [1], Sub [3] - 4 games
2011: Ch Dev: Flanker - 2 games
2011: Ch: Flanker [1], Sub [4] - 5 games
2011: Flanker [5], Sub [5] - 10 games - 4 tries (20 pts)
2011: NZ Under 20: Flanker - 4 games - 3 tries (15 pts)
2012: AB's: Flanker - 4 tests - 2 tries (10 pts)
2012: Ch: Flanker [6], Sub [12] - 18 games - 1 try (5 pts)
2012: Flanker - 2 games - 1 try (5 pts)
2013: AB's: Flanker - 10 tests - 5 tries (25 pts)
2013: Ch: Flanker [9], Sub [8] - 17 games - 2 tries (10 pts)
2013: Flanker - 1 game
2014: AB's: Flanker - 8 tests - 1 try (5 pts)
2014: Ch: Flanker [8], Sub [2] - 10 games
2015: AB's: Flanker - 9 tests (1 as captain) - 2 tries (10 pts)
2015: Ch: Flanker - 15 games - 4 tries (20 pts)
2015: Flanker - 1 game
2016: AB's: Flanker - 9 tests (1 as captain) - 1 try (5 pts)
2016: Ch: Flanker [16], No 8 [1] - 17 games - 4 tries (20 pts)
2016: Sub - 1 game
2017: AB's: Flanker - 13 tests, No 8 - 1 game - 3 tries (15 pts)
2017: Ch: No 8 [1], Flanker [12] - 13 games - 1 try (5 pts)
2018: AB's: Flanker - 7 tests
2018: Ch: Flanker - 11 games - 2 tries (10 pts)
2019: AB's: Flanker [7], Sub [1] - 8 tests
2019: Ch: Flanker [4], Sub [1] - 5 games - 1 try (5 pts)
2020: AB's: Flanker - 6 tests - 2 tries (10 pts)
2020: Ch: Flanker - 11 games
2020: No 8 [1], Flanker [1] - 2 games

Sub Total: AB's: 75 games (80 pts)
Super: 122 games (75 pts)
Prov: 21 games (25 pts)
Others: 6 games (15 pts)

Total: 224 games (195 pts)

2020: Kelvin R Tremain Player of the Year
2020: All Black Player of the Year
2011: Age Grade Player of the Year

Endorsements

Hi Kerry

I’ve been meaning to drop you a line for a while after literally stumbling across your website in a Google search.

Since I was a kid I’ve been a bit of a sports stats geek – over the years I have progressed from A4 exercise books with scribbles and cross-outs, to Word and Excel – much more user friendly and secure. My stats have always been my own hobby and pleasure and never shared with anybody.

Your website is nothing short of phenomenal, I can’t begin to imagine the time and research that has gone into it. As a resource for not only NZ rugby supporters, but statisticians round the world, it is second to none. I have yet to come across a site that offers so many easily searchable players and team stats in one area.

The one thing that struck me in doing my own NPC stats research is the vast number of players whose career is limited to one game (or part game) for a minor union. But there they are on NZ Rugby History, with their details recorded exactly the same as a Carter or a McCaw.

Your website is a priceless asset to the NZ rugby fabric, and I can only hope that you can access some kind of sponsorship or support of some kind from NZ Rugby or other avenues. It needs to be treasured and nurtured as it grows to a complete historic record of our game.

Regards
Paul Thomas

Thanks for this great work. I hope you can soon raise the funding you need to expand these rugby records.

Just came across your site Kerry. It’s fabulous. Very informative and excellent reading. Thank you for your commitment to the history of New Zealand Rugby. Your site is one of the best in rugby history and overall (as a trustworthy web-based history site) goes to the top of the class.
My only concern is to let all the rugby fans know they can trust your amazing site.

Kindest regards, Anne Phillips

Hi Kerry
I just came across your website ......it is amazing.
Michael O'Dwyer
Tipperary, Ireland

Just wanted to drop you a line to say that Trevor Howard from New Zealand Rugby has advised me/us (fellow REO’s) of your website. I have had the chance to go through it and must say that you have done an outstanding job in collating and publishing this information. I have, in turn, shared it with all my referees in my regions (for which there are a number of referees in your data base) and I have nothing but praise and complements for what you have done.

Often referees (and players) simply drop off the system and the only records are in books and word of mouth (especially the less known personnel) but for them (and me), to search through and find our names and details of our 1st class accomplishment is very flattering and a sense of pride is established as we show our children or colleagues/friends of years gone by. Of course this is helped by the ease of access (as opposed to searching through books and magazines).

Thanks again for your efforts (for which I can only imagine are enormous) and I hope you continue to enter the details and expand your website.

John Dustow (JD)
Referee Education Officer (REO)
Counties Manukau Rugby Football Union/Thames Valley Rugby Football Union.

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Endorsement

It gives me great pleasure to write this character reference about this website. There would not be a person in this country who doesn’t know that rugby is the national game of New Zealand. The passion runs deep and the profile and exposure of the sport is without peer. A fair chunk of our heroes come from the game and nothing affects the mental psychology of the people more than rugby. Not even politics.

Because of this rich feeling, discussions in society are often based around the game and on the players involved. Memories tend to play tricks on people. They can fade and forget and get things muddled up. For nearly 90 years New Zealand rugby enthusiasts have been superbly served by the Rugby Almanack. It remains the definitive source of information from each season despite the advancement of technology.

However, we must accept that technology has advanced and like rugby, we therefore need to embrace the good that comes with that change. www.rugbyhistory.co.nz is the best rugby history site that is available. It provides comprehensive records of the All Blacks, all the Super rugby sides and most impressively of all, places a large emphasis on the national provincial competition, which remains such a crucial part of the fabric in New Zealand.

Kery Geertson’s dedication to this growing rugby treasure can not be denied. It continues to grow, mature and impress. To paraphrase the late, great Terry McLean www.rugbyhistory.co.nz should be stored as a favourite website for every rugby lover; it provides facts and fairness and hours of one of life’s greatest pleasures – browsing.

Grant Hassall
Wannabe Rugby Historian
New Plymouth

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