Richie McCaw

Richard McCaw (ONZ) is a New Zealand former rugby union player. He captained the NZ national team - the All Blacks - in 110 out of his 148 test matches, and won two Rugby World Cups. He is the most capped test rugby player of all time, and has won the World Rugby player of the year award a joint record three times.

McCaw predominantly played in the open-side flanker position for the New Zealand, Crusaders and Canterbury teams, but also played as a blindside flanker and No.8. During McCaw's career, Canterbury won the NPC (later ITM Cup) five times, and the Crusaders won four Super Rugby titles. As well as two world cups, the All Blacks won seven Tri-Nations titles, completed three successful Grand Slam tours and won the Bledisloe Cup eight times.

McCaw was the first All Black to reach 100 caps, and the first rugby union player to win 100 tests. He is the most-capped player in rugby union history with 148 caps, having overtaken Brian O'Driscoll's record in 2015. McCaw has also equalled the record for most appearances at the Rugby World Cup with Jason Leonard.