All Blacks Capitan

In may 2006 at the age of 25 and after 36 test matches mccaw was named captain of the all blacks.

All blacks capitan. Ten all blacks captains retired with 80 per cent win rates headed by shelford and mccaw. Next on that list of those to captain 10 tests or more was andy dalton on 88 2 15 wins from 17 reuben. Mccaw led the crusaders to the super rugby title again in 2006. The news was announced on sky sport s the breakdown show tonight with cane succeeding kieran read who retired from the all blacks after rugby world cup 2019.

His first two games as regular captain were against ireland in new zealand while a separate squad led by jerry collins was named to travel to argentina for a one off game. Mccaw started his captaincy with victory over ireland and. The all blacks went undefeated at the 2016 rugby championship claiming bonus points at each match under new captain and number 8 kieran read and vice captain and fullback ben smith. I ve been meaning to drop you a line for a while after literally stumbling across your website in a google search.

Smith and wing israel dagg were also the joint highest try scorers in the competition with five each while fly half beauden barrett was the highest points.