The greatest rugby leader of all time .. have watched all most all of his matches. A mentor to be courages in your life .. he never left all balcks for a better offer in France or England , he always loved and pride the all balcks Jersey , proving money is not everything. Such players are so rare
The humble ordinary man from rural Kurow who is nothing but extraordinary. He 'reads' the referee and the game like no other. Legend. Thank you Papare for the post.
I’ve remember when Richie came to Allblacks under Jhone Michel and Robbie Deans era. He was the man of the match on his first game against Ireland. Players come and go on this Allblacks machine. But not many memorable like Jerry Colin’s Ma nonu, Dan Carter. Must remind great character such as Kevin mealamu, Tony woody, milsy, dougee, Rokocoko, Rodo Out of all of I name above only one man will remember as a rugby fan 147 test play with number 7 on his back that will be Richie, it’s very hard even to think any player can topple the standard Richie made on the field. Personally believe my life time there won’t be a player can climb the man mountain Richie has climb. Not only that my guess is Richie gone very quiet at the moment. For sometime later he will come back to manage NZ rugby union. He will do very well top job in this great union. We are waiting.
