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Rugby-New Zealand captain McCaw to miss Samoa test

01-Sep-2008
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WELLINGTON, Sept 1 (Reuters) - New Zealand captain Richie McCaw will miss Wednesday's one-off test against Samoa in New Plymouth because of a rib injury. McCaw was hurt in the All Blacks' 19-0 win over South Africa in Cape Town last month and is being saved for next weekend's Tri-Nations decider against Australia in Brisbane. Adam Thomson will replace McCaw at openside flanker and No. 8 Rodney So'oialo takes... [read full story]                    

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