The discovery he had cancer played no role in Wayne Smith's decision to step down from the All Black coaching team. Smith shared his story with Fairfax to raise awareness, and said his local doctor in Cambridge, Waikato, had detected abnormalities. It was high PSA levels that initially alerted the doctor," Smith told Fairfax. The only one was the team doctor, Tony Page, and I didn't even tell him. Smith decided to 'just get the thing out' and before the operation came a CT scan to see if the cancer had spread elsewhere.

Source: Otago Daily Times January 06, 2018 19:30 UTC