Richie McCaw is a New Zealand former rugby union player, a flanker regarded as one of the greatest to play the position, who captained the national team, the All Blacks, to Rugby World Cup titles in 2011 and 2015. He won more international caps as captain than any player in the sport's history at the time of his retirement, and is credited with helping sustain the All Blacks' era of dominance through the early 2010s.
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Career HighlightCaptained the All Blacks in 110 of his 148 test matches and led New Zealand to consecutive Rugby World Cup titles in 2011 and 2015. 1 Classification
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1. Wikipedia, Richie McCaw
Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org lead sentence, birth-date clause: "born 31 December 1980"
born 31 December 1980
en.wikipedia.org lead sentence, birth-year figure: "born 31 December 1980"
born 31 December 1980
en.wikipedia.org lead sentence, nationality clause: "New Zealand retired professional rugby union player"
New Zealand retired professional rugby union player
en.wikipedia.org lead paragraph, career-highlight sentence
He captained the New Zealand national team, the All Blacks, in 110 out of his 148 test matches, and won two Rugby World Cups.
Wikipedia, article summary lead
Richard Hugh McCaw (born 31 December 1980) is a New Zealand retired professional rugby union player.
Competed In: Rugby World Cup, lead paragraph, competed-in
After their elimination in the quarter-finals, his captaincy came under criticism, but he was retained and eventually led the team to consecutive Rugby World Cup titles in 2011 and 2015, becoming one of only 43 players who have won the Rugby World Cup on multiple occasions.
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