Photo: Getty ImagesHaving missed the last two years of Super Rugby due to health concerns, Kane Hames will not feature in the 2020 season. Hames was not re-signed by the Chiefs for the 2020 Super Rugby season, having struggled with concussion issues over the past two seasons. The 10-test All Blacks prop hasn't played a Super Rugby match since the Chiefs' 2017 semifinal against the Crusaders, with his health issues putting an abrupt halt to his rapid rise. "I don't think it's a secret that he had concussion issues and he went through the processes of trying to get right," Barnes said. Hames told the Herald in a statement: "it's been a frustrating two years learning and applying concussion recovery protocols with slow progress.

Source: Otago Daily Times November 13, 2019 18:49 UTC