Captain Tackles - worse than he let on

[Ab]

For weeks all we've heard from Richie McCaw are four words uttered between increasingly gritted teeth. "I'm good to go."

But in the aftermath of the All Blacks captain's career-defining moment at Eden Park, his coach provided a more realistic insight into what the indefatigable No 7 had been through over the last six or seven weeks.

"He's buggered now, he can hardly walk," said Graham Henry, as he basked in the glow of his world champion status. "How he's played I've got no idea. He'll have to take some time out of the game to get that right. I don't know how long it will take.

"He played on heart and determination alone."

[PhX]

...and painkillers

He has seemed a bit off in recent games, bloody good work though. Richie has always been a true blue kiwi bloke

[Deadmeat]

Injections directly into his foot. Seriously. >_<

For now, Don McCaw just hopes his son can have a good break from rugby.
"I think he really needs one. Perhaps a bit of socialising and a bit of gliding and time out, it would be wonderful for him. If he can find somewhere to go that's nice and quiet for a bit, he will probably do that."

I had a random thought today and this threads as good as any. If McCaw stays involved in rugby in a meaningful way beyond his tenure as a player, I expect we will be seeing Sir Ritchie down the line.

[ZoSo]

Some timeout to bang Hutchison. AMIRITE?
..and seriously, who can blame him.

[PhX]

I'm guessing we need to put in place his sucessor (read?) at some point too. I dont think he will be going the distance at 34

[Ab]

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he was walking fine at the airport in chch today

nice coincidence my landing there about 30mins prior to them, was like wtf are all these people doing here...shame

[A Corpse]

Originally Posted by Ab

$32, man, that puts Pepsi's hauls to shame.