Posts Tagged "Richie McCaw"

All 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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New 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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When 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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The 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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Sheek’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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The 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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When 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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It’s time we cleaned up foul play. It has no place in the game.

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Wallabies 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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With 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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Champion All Blanks flanker and captain Richie McCaw might just be the greatest rugby player in history.

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As 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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Spiro’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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Here’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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If, 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 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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All 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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At 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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