Richard Hugh McCaw is a professional New Zealand rugby union player. He plays for the Crusaders in the Super 15 competition, Canterbury in the ITM cup and is the current test captain of New Zealand's national rugby union team The All Blacks. He plays in the open side flanker position and is considered by many to be the best in the world at thi...
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Richard Hugh McCaw is a professional New Zealand rugby union player. He plays for the Crusaders in the Super 15 competition, Canterbury in the ITM cup and is the current test captain of New Zealand's national rugby union team The All Blacks. He plays in the open side flanker position and is considered by many to be the best in the world at this position. He attended Otago Boys High School in Dunedin and then later Lincoln University. In 1999, McCaw was chosen in the New Zealand under 19 squad, they went on to win the world championship in Wales. In 2000 he was selected in the New Zealand under 21 squad, he also debuted for Canterbury in the National Provincial Championship against North Harbour. He made his Super Rugby debut On 31 March 2001 for the Crusaders against the Hurricanes. Show less «
[on the eye gouge incident] I got poked in the eye or something. I don't know if it was intentional ...Show more »
[on the eye gouge incident] I got poked in the eye or something. I don't know if it was intentional ... It was pretty quick. When the final whistle went, I had no damage, it was fine. I am just happy we won. Show less «
[Talking about test rugby] The big thing is that you learn your lessons,the nature of Test rugby is ...Show more »
[Talking about test rugby] The big thing is that you learn your lessons,the nature of Test rugby is that you have got to do everything as well as you can and that's what we didn't do last week. So hopefully we are better for it." Show less «
[Talking about the 2005 Lions Tour] Rugby's not one on one: you can't just chase around after your o...Show more »
[Talking about the 2005 Lions Tour] Rugby's not one on one: you can't just chase around after your opposite number. We need a collective approach and that's where the Lions work quite well. They seem to hit in numbers and that's where they can stuff your ball up. Show less «
[Talking about northern hemisphere rugby] The northern hemisphere game is a bit different, they tend...Show more »
[Talking about northern hemisphere rugby] The northern hemisphere game is a bit different, they tend to be a lot more physical in terms of throwing numbers in at once. You have to adapt as the game goes on, try to figure out what they are doing. In the Super 12 I felt like I was getting taken out of play and that got quite frustrating at times. But you just have to find ways to counter it. Show less «
[on being unable to play rugby because of injury] At the time I was just hoping to get back because ...Show more »
[on being unable to play rugby because of injury] At the time I was just hoping to get back because we were playing some pretty good rugby and I wanted to be part of it. But I feel pretty fresh and ready to get stuck into it. I guess there is always a wee silver lining in these things." Show less «
