Posts Tagged "Richie McCaw"
Crusaders rule McCaw out for Super season
By AAP, 14 Apr 2013All Blacks captain Richie McCaw won’t play for the Crusaders this season and will make a return to rugby via his Christchurch club when his six-month break ends.
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Was England’s win over the All Blacks several weeks ago the turning of the tide, or a mere slip up by the world’s best?
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McCaw up for 4th IRB Player of Year award
By AP, 29 Nov 2012New Zealand captain Richie McCaw is in contention to win the IRB Player of the Year award for a fourth time after being included in a four-man shortlist for the 2012 prize.
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Wallabies are overplayed and McCaw is irreplaceable
By Paul Cully, 28 Nov 2012When the IRB player of the year award is announced next week, consider it an upset if All Blacks captain Richie McCaw does not collect the prize.
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All Blacks are afraid of losing their aura
By wre01, 21 Nov 2012The reaction to Scott Higginbotham’s suspension for ‘striking’ and ‘head butting’ Richie McCaw has been a little hypocritical, not to mention precious, hasn’t it?
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Paul Cully – one of rugby’s pre-eminent scribes – has labelled the Wallabies “the kings of the false dawn.”
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Meads not yet ready to lay down for McCaw
By Allanthus, 25 Oct 2012Sheek’s excellent recent article on Richie McCaw certainly generated plenty of support for McCaw as the greatest player rugby has seen, and the events of Suncorp last Saturday night only reinforce those views.
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Higginbotham guilty as charged? Maybe not
By ozxile, 25 Oct 2012The reports, video captions and the back-and-forth debates by the moralists and experts on this site and elsewhere refer to Scott Higginbotham having wantonly kneed and head butted Richie McCaw.
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The Magnificent Seven: the best openside flankers ever
By Uncle Argyle, 24 Oct 2012When John Sturges directed an adaptation of the Seven Samurai in 1960 called ‘The Magnificent Seven’ I am pretty sure he was not expecting his movie to be the title of a rugby article some 52 years later.
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Does dirty play show mongrel or thuggery?
By Michael Warren, 22 Oct 2012It’s time we cleaned up foul play. It has no place in the game.
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Cloud hangs over Wallaby Higginbotham
By Jim Morton, 22 Oct 2012Wallabies officials hold fears over Scott Higginbotham’s European tour hopes following his Richie McCaw “cheap shot” which has the All Blacks up in arms.
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McCaw feels for Wallaby coach Deans
By Laine Clark, 20 Oct 2012With friends like Richie McCaw, Robbie Deans sure doesn’t need enemies. Barely a week after launching his autobiography that criticised Deans, All Blacks captain McCaw on Friday revealed he felt for his former mentor when he came under fire as Wallabies coach.
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Is Richie McCaw the greatest rugby player ever?
By sheek, 18 Oct 2012Champion All Blanks flanker and captain Richie McCaw might just be the greatest rugby player in history.
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Why is Richie McCaw’s chest a billboard now?
By Dane25, 17 Oct 2012As a boofhead of Australian descent, I am always reluctant to comment on matters of importance relating to our kin from across the Tasman.
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Deans vs Henry: the debate continues
By coachj, 16 Oct 2012Spiro’s article last week “The real McCaw and his Deans dilemma” made a lot of Richie McCaw’s comments about his preference for Henry over Deans after the failed 2007 Rugby World Cup.
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The real McCaw and his Deans dilemma
By Spiro Zavos, 11 Oct 2012Here’s an email I received last weekend before the All Blacks’ remarkable victory (they received no penalties until the 55th minute) against the Springboks at Soweto.
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McCaw sets scene for an emotional Bledisloe
By Paul Cully, 11 Oct 2012If, like comedy, the secret to a successful autobiography is about timing, then Richie McCaw’s effort has made a strong start.
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Richie McCaw side-swipes Robbie Deans
By David Lord, 10 Oct 2012Richie McCaw didn’t do Wallaby coach Robbie Deans any favours yesterday when the All Black skipper launched his autobiography, The Open Side.
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McCaw hid extent of World Cup foot injury
By AAP, 9 Oct 2012All Blacks captain Richie McCaw has revealed that his foot injury at last year’s Rugby World Cup was so bad that he came close to limping out of their semifinal win over Australia.
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McCaw’s class shows Cooper can’t be tolerated
By Bill Chapman, 8 Oct 2012At the weekend Richie McCaw celebrated his 100th Test match win. An outstanding record, but it is even more astounding to note he has only lost 12 test matches in his entire career.
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