Brothers, and the lure of a tonne of tests convinces All Black Sam Whitelock to stay loyalKAI SCHWOERER/GETTY Sam Whitelock turned to his brothers for help making up his mind about his rugby future. Sports personalities were in plentiful supply when Sam Whitelock loped up to a mob of media types to give his reasons why he had decided to stick with NZ Rugby until 2020. GETTY Sam Whitelock wants the chance to crack 100 tests for the All Blacks. GETTY IMAGES Sam Whitelock, captured holding off Western Force defenders in Christchurch on March 24, played the first of his 84 tests for the All Blacks against Ireland in New Plymouth in 2010. Like Ben Smith, who recently re-committed to NZ Rugby until 2020, Whitelock can also pull the pin after the 2019 World Cup.

Source: Stuff April 20, 2017 04:06 UTC