Rugby: Major boost for Chiefs

Liam Messam has re-signed with the Chiefs. Photo / File

All Blacks Liam Messam, Sam Cane and Tawera Kerr-Barlow have all re-signed with New Zealand Rugby and their Chiefs franchise through until 2015.

The re-signing of the trio is a continuing boost for New Zealand Rugby with a large group of players committed through to the Rugby World Cup year and beyond.

Loose forward Messam, who this year co-captained the Chiefs to back-to-back victories in the Super 15, said his decision to re-sign was easy to make.

"It was the right time and place for my family to stay," the 29-year-old said.

"I love playing my rugby for the Chiefs as well as the All Blacks and there is no other place I'd want to be right now than here in New Zealand."

Fellow loosie Cane, 21, added: "The coaching staffs and group of guys I play with in both teams certainly makes the future very exciting."

Kerr-Barlow, 23, was similarly content. "I know I have to work hard to maintain my spot, firstly in the Chiefs and to push for further opportunities in the All Blacks."