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All Blacks captain Sam Cane ‘WE WANTED THIS BABY SO BADLY!’

All Blacks captain Sam Cane has experienced many highs in his playing career. World Cup victories, Super Rugby wins and hard-earned comebacks from a series of brutal injuries. But nothing can compare to the excitement he and his wife Harriet are feeling as they announce their most wonderful news yet – they’re having a baby!

“It’s pretty unbelievable,” Sam beams as he speaks exclusively to Woman’s Day via Zoom, fresh out of MIQ after seven weeks away with the All Blacks. He and Harriet have kept their news largely to themselves until now, but with Sam home and Harriet almost 20 weeks pregnant, they’re thrilled to finally share it.

“I don’t think I realised quite how badly I wanted it until it happened,” says Sam, 29. “We’d always been open about wanting children, but it’s quite funny – you go from talking about having kids one day and suddenly… Boom, it’s a

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