Erwin Skywalker

Richard McCaw BORN 31:12:80 at Oamaru PHYSICAL 1.88m, 105kg POSITION FlankerRepresentative Career Breakdown NPC TEAM Canterbury SUPER12 TEAM Crusaders TEST DEBUT 17:11:01 v Ireland at Dublin TESTS 21 TEST POINTS 5 (1t)Test Record by Nation TEAM P W D L t c p dg PTS Argentina 1 1 - - - - - - - Australia 5 3 - 2 1 - - - 5 Canada 1 1 - - - - - - - England 1 - - 1 - - - - - France 2 2 - - - - - - - Ireland 3 3 - - - - - - - Italy 1 1 - - - - - - - Scotland 1 1 - - - - - - - South Africa 4 4 - - - - - - - Tonga 1 1 - - - - - - - Wales 1 1 - - - - - - - CAREER 21 18 - 3 1 - - - 5Test Career in Detail ( + ) = Substitute; ( - ) = Replaced2001 Ireland at Dublin 40-29; Scotland at Edinburgh 37-6; Argentina at Buenos Aires 24-20. 2002 Ireland at Carsibrook 15-6; Ireland at Auckland 40-8 (-); Australia at Christchurch 12-6; South Africa at Wellington 41-20 (-); Australia at Sydney 14-16 (1t); South Africa at Durban 30-23. 2003 England at Wellington 13-15; France at Christchurch 31-23; South Africa at Pretoria 52-16; Australia at Sydney 50-21; Australia at Auckland 21-17; Italy WRC at Melbourne 70-7 (-); Canada WRC at Melbourne 68-8 (+); 2003 Tonga RWC at Brisbane 91-7 (+); Wales WRC at Sydney 53-37; South Africa RWC at Melbourne 29-9 (-); Australia RWC at Sydney 10-22; France RWC at Sydney 40-13.Career Notes Selected for the All Blacks before he'd even played a full Super 12 game and was man of the match on Test debut against Ireland. New Zealand's NPC and Under-21 Player of the Year in 2001. Last year he was voted the International Rugby Player's Association Newcomer of the Year. A member of the New Zealand's World Cup winning Under-19 team in Wales in 1999, McCaw also played in two international tournament winning New Zealand Under-21 teams in 2000 and 2001. New Zealand player of the year in 2003. Richard McCaw is a dynamic flanker in the mould of former All Black captain and current NZRU board member Graham Mourie. McCaw was brought up in North Otago and educated in Dunedin prior to settling in Christchurch. McCaw backed up the promising start to his Test career on the tour of Ireland, Scotland and Argentina in 2001 by being one of the All Blacks' best in the last two Tri Nations successes. Had an outstanding World Cup and won the New Zealand player of the year award at the 2003 Steinlager Rugby Awards. Was also a player of the year finalist in both the International Rugby Players Association and IRB awards.