http://www.irishcentral.com/topics/McCaw IrishCentral McCaw en-us http://www.irishcentral.com/story/sport/the-inside-file/irish-undone-by-10-minutes-of-all-black-class-109524349.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/sport/the-inside-file/irish-undone-by-10-minutes-of-all-black-class-109524349.html Sat, 20 Nov 2010 02:40:15 PST
"Rory Best is going for an operation on his cheekbone on Monday," said Irish Coach Declan Kidney "Brian (O'Driscol) has gone for an Xray on his shoulder, Rob Kearney and Luke Fitzgerald will have knee scans tomorrow I wouldn't like to pre-empt any medical opinion - I would just be guessing And Gordan D'Arcy and Tommy Bowe have tight calves, but we would be hoping they will recover in time (for next week against Argentina) READ MORE ]]> http://www.irishcentral.com/story/sport/the-inside-file/nine-years-after-his-debut-against-ireland-being-the-first-nz-captain-to-lose-to-the-irish-is-not-an-option-for-richie-mccaw-108968649.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/sport/the-inside-file/nine-years-after-his-debut-against-ireland-being-the-first-nz-captain-to-lose-to-the-irish-is-not-an-option-for-richie-mccaw-108968649.html Thu, 18 Nov 2010 08:55:14 PST
After a Jonah Lomu inspired comeback guided the All Blacks to its 13th victory over Ireland in November 2001, then New Zealand coach John Mitchell commented: “That was a great stepping stone in a lot of the boys’ careers”Mitchell’s “boys” (New Zealand had 11 debutants between the first two tests of the 2001 Tour against Ireland A and Ireland) came from 21-7 down to dash Ireland’s hopes of a first win One of the two debutants that started against Ireland that day was Richie McCawNow as captain, he faces another milestone in his career against Ireland as he, along with Mils Muliaina, will become the most capped All Black players of all time with 93 test caps on Saturday READ MORE ]]>