All Blacks legend McCaw excited at arrival of ROG

All Blacks legend Richie McCaw is excited about Ronan O’Gara’s impending move to the Crusaders, after it was announced yesterday that the Corkman will take on the role of assistant coach with the Super Rugby franchise in January.

McCaw spent 14 years with the Christchurch outfit, and is therefore ideally placed to run the rule over O’Gara’s new employers. During his time with Racing 92 in the Top 14, the former Munster out-half worked alongside ex-New Zealand internationals Dan Carter and Casey Laulala, and McCaw believes he can bring a fresh approach to the Crusaders set-up.

“I think it’s exciting from a Crusader point of view. It’s the first sort of northern hemisphere influence, I guess, on the Crusaders. I’m thinking that the time Ronan had at Racing around guys like Dan Carter and Casey Laulala, [he’d have asked] whether it was the right place to go,” McCaw remarked.