Sam Cane made sure of saying all the right things about the Japanese League on his arrival in the Land of the Rising Sun as the newest Suntory Goliath.
“It’s one of the exciting things about the competition,’’ he said before stating the blindingly obvious. “You’re playing against a lot of top Japanese players and a lot who come from abroad.’’
The New Zealand captain who won countless new admirers for fronting up as usual straight after his red card in a losing World Cup final described the move as “a great chance to continue to grow and learn in my rugby and life journey’’.
He did not say: “...