{
  "id": 8881309,
  "title": "All Blacks captain Ardie Savea set to miss rest of year after shoulder surgery",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/all-blacks-captain-ardie-savea-set-to-miss-rest-of-year-after",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-21T08:27:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/blacks-captain-ardie-savea-set-082700424.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "New Zealand's captain Ardie Savea is expected to miss the remainder of the year following shoulder surgery. The injury occurred during the third Test against South Africa and it seems highly likely that Savea will miss the All Blacks' upcoming Nations Championship matches against Scotland, Wales, and England in November. Back rower Luke Jacobson will also be sidelined for more than four months due to an elbow tendon injury, while wing Caleb Clarke is also set to miss the northern tour. Centres Anton Lienert-Brown and Billy Proctor are in doubt for the start of November, with Lienert-Brown suffering a knee injury and Proctor a shoulder issue. New Zealand suffered a 3-1 defeat to South Africa in the Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry series, having won all three of their Nations Championship games in July as part of their debut season under coach Dave Rennie. They will next face Australia in a two-match home and away Bledisloe Cup series in October.",
  "summary": "The back rower dislocated his shoulder in the third Test against South Africa",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Yahoo Sports",
        "title": "All Blacks captain Ardie Savea set for shoulder surgery, likely out for 2026",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/all-blacks-captain-ardie-savea-set-for-shoulder-surgery-likely-out",
        "published": "2026-09-21T05:49:51.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "All Blacks captain Ardie Savea set for shoulder surgery, likely out for 2026",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/all-blacks-captain-ardie-savea-set-for-shoulder-surgery-likely-out-8859005",
        "published": "2026-09-21T05:53:10.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "All Blacks captain Savea to have shoulder surgery, sidelined with no return date",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/all-blacks-captain-savea-to-have-shoulder-surgery-sidelined-with-no",
        "published": "2026-09-21T06:30:25.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "SABC News",
        "title": "All Blacks captain Savea to have shoulder surgery",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/all-blacks-captain-savea-to-have-shoulder-surgery",
        "published": "2026-09-21T08:07:34.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}