Ardie Savea to wear goggles to protect eyesight for All Blacks clash with Canada

All Blacks loose forward, Ardie Savea will be sporting a new look in tomorrow night's Rugby World Cup encounter with Canada as he will be wearing protective goggles.

The 25-year-old will use the protective goggle that has been approved by World Rugby due to a condition that has seen vision deteriorate in Savea’s left eye.

The goggles have been designed to be safe for both the player wearing them, as well as any opposition attempting to make a tackle.

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NEWS: All Blacks loose forward Ardie Savea is to wear rugby goggles in the team's next Rugby World Cup Test against Canada tomorrow, after trialling them at All Blacks training this week. The move comes after @ardiesavea discovered that the vision had deteriorated in his left eye and he realised he had to protect his eyesight. Savea said: "A couple of years ago I realised I had bad vision in my left eye. Everything's kind of blurry. I told All Blacks Doctor Tony Page that it was getting worse and now we're doing something about it. Doc notified me that World Rugby had some goggles that were approved and everyone has been really supportive. In terms of vision and seeing, it's pretty sweet, and it's now just a matter of getting used to them." In May this year World Rugby approved the use of the goggles at all levels of rugby to allow those who are visually impaired to play the game. The approval came after extensive development and robust trialling of the eyewear. 📸: @hannahpetersnz @gettyimages

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Savea has been wearing the goggles during the All Blacks' training this week and is confident that his ability will not be hampered.

Savea says a couple of years ago he realised that he had bad vision in his left eye and All Blacks doctor, Tony Page, suggested the goggles.

He says he is doing this for his family and he wants to see them when they grew up in the future.

The All Blacks play Canada at 10.15pm tomorrow.

[Source: TVNZ]

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