All Blacks centre Conrad Smith, talking to the New Zealand Herald's Daniel Richardson, is in bullish form after being handed the Hurricanes' captaincy.
"New Hurricanes skipper Conrad Smith believes having the "c" next to his name on the team sheet could be just the tonic to invigorate him ahead of this year's Super 15 campaign.
After the highs of last year's World Cup win with the All Blacks, the centre returned to Hurricanes training today after a three-month world trip.
Smith takes over the captaincy from Andrew Hore after the All Blacks rake was one of a host of players to leave the franchise over the past year.
"It's an exciting challenge and sometimes you need those things when you've played a while and you've been in the same teams," Smith said of the captaincy."
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