Rugby-Cane returns to All Blacks squad for northern hemisphere tour

FILE PHOTO: Rugby Union - New Zealand Training - Pennyhill Park, Bagshot, Surrey - 27/10/15 Sam Cane of New Zealand during training Action Images via Reuters / Henry Browne Livepic

(Reuters) - Captain Sam Cane has been recalled to the All Blacks squad for their northern hemisphere tour later this month as locks Scott Barrett and Patrick Tuipulotu return to New Zealand for family reasons.

Cane, who missed New Zealand's involvement in the just-completed Rugby Championship in Queensland due to injury, will join up with the squad in Washington ahead of the All Blacks' meeting with the United States on Oct. 23.