McCaw a master of the All-Black arts

HE’S a thief, a cheat, a master of skullduggery, a guy who does his best work in dark and hidden spaces, away from human eye.

He’s rugby’s openside flanker. His specialist area of operation is the breakdown, opposition ball his forte. !

Think Neil Back, George Smith and you have him, the prototype number seven. If you were starting a choir, one look at both and neither would make the cut. Richie McCaw, however — now there’s a guy. You sit down with this innocent-looking chap from Canterbury, chat and hey, he’d be front and centre, choirboy numero uno. Oh, how looks doth deceive!