Richard Hugh "Richie" McCaw (born 31 December 1980 in Oamaru, North Otago) is a professional New Zealand rugby union player. He plays in the openside flanker position and is the current captain of the New Zealand Rugby Team (the All Blacks). He debuted for the All Blacks in 2001, and has currently played a record-equaling (with Mils Muliaina) 94 tests for his country. He was made captain in 2006 and is now the most capped All Black captain, leading the side in 57 test matches. During his career McCaw has played in two World Cups, won seven Tri Nations titles, played in three successful Grand Slam tours and won the Bledisloe Cup eight times. McCaw also represents Canterbury in the ITM Cup and the Crusaders in Super Rugby. He has been named the International Rugby Board (IRB) International Player of The Year a record three times. Along with Dan Carter, McCaw earns 750,000 NZD a year, making him the joint highest paid player in New Zealand.
McCaw's great-great-grandfather immigrated to New Zealand, from the Scottish Borders in 1893,[2] and settled in the Hakataramea Valley, South Canterbury. McCaw's father still works the family farm and his mother is a local teacher.[3] On New Year's Eve 1980, Richard Hugh McCaw was born in the nearby city of Oamaru. He grew up on his parents' farm along with his sister Joanna. McCaw started flying gliders with his grandfather, a pilot during World War II, when he was nine years old.[2] He played rugby for the local Kurow rugby club as a youngster,[3] but it was not until 1994, when he boarded at Otago Boys' High School in Dunedin, that he started to take the game seriously.[2]
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