FILE PHOTO: New Zealand's Aaron Smith seen in action v England, Twickenham Stadium, London, Britain - November 10, 2018 REUTERS/Dylan Martinez
MELBOURNE (Reuters) -All Blacks scrumhalf Aaron Smith's international season may be over after he elected to stay home in New Zealand for the birth of his second child, while captain Sam Cane is in a race to be fit for the team's northern hemisphere tour.
Test centurion Smith will miss the rest of the Rugby Championship in Australia and may not link up with the squad when they head north to the United States and Europe, he said on Wednesday.
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