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<blockquote data-quote="Big Ewis" data-source="post: 666892" data-attributes="member: 57076"><p>An article just came out on Rugbyrama about McCaw and his records, and his accumulated achievements are just awe-inspiring.</p><p>He's the kind of player you love having on your team and dread having to face, for obvious reasons on both ends.</p><p></p><p>I've taken the time to translate his records from the article for you conts:</p><p></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">with <strong>129 selections</strong>, he's the highest capped <u>forward</u> ever (4th overall along with O'Driscoll, <a href="http://www.rugbyrama.fr/rugby/george-gregan_prs12368/person.shtml" target="_blank">Gregan</a> et <a href="http://www.rugbyrama.fr/rugby/ronan-o-gara_prs9291/person.shtml" target="_blank">O'Gara</a>). </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">with <strong>114 international wins</strong>, another world record. McCaw is in fact the only one beyond 100. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">with <strong>92 matches as captain</strong>, he's established the best win record. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">he's got <strong>a high win record (89,14%)</strong>. Amongst the 496 players with 50 caps or more, only <a href="http://www.rugbyrama.fr/rugby/conrad-smith_prs32972/person.shtml" target="_blank">Conrad Smith</a> (77 selections, 90,25%) and Sam Whitelock (56 sélections, 91,07%) have done better. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> <strong>81 wins as captain </strong>(world record). </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> <strong>23 tries scored </strong>(world record for a Tier 1 forward). Only <a href="http://www.rugbyrama.fr/rugby/mamuka-gorgodze_prs55165/person.shtml" target="_blank">Mamuka Gorgodze</a> (Georgia, 24) and Diego <a href="http://www.rugbyrama.fr/rugby/sebastien-ormaechea_prs54453/person.shtml" target="_blank">Ormaechea</a> (Uruguay, 41) have done better. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> <strong>11 tries vs Australia </strong>(record for one player vs one Tier 1 nation). </li> </ul><p></p><p></p><p>Now, a lot can be said about him and his way of playing the game, but this just looks awesome on paper, all listed out like that. He must be the most lackluster player to have accumulated so much though. </p><p></p><p>Keeping in mind he benefits astronomically from being an All-Black, looking at those records for example, would you say he deserves the 7 shirt in an all-time World XV no matter what ?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Big Ewis, post: 666892, member: 57076"] An article just came out on Rugbyrama about McCaw and his records, and his accumulated achievements are just awe-inspiring. He's the kind of player you love having on your team and dread having to face, for obvious reasons on both ends. I've taken the time to translate his records from the article for you conts: [LIST] [*]with [B]129 selections[/B], he's the highest capped [U]forward[/U] ever (4th overall along with O'Driscoll, [URL="http://www.rugbyrama.fr/rugby/george-gregan_prs12368/person.shtml"]Gregan[/URL] et [URL="http://www.rugbyrama.fr/rugby/ronan-o-gara_prs9291/person.shtml"]O'Gara[/URL]). [*]with [B]114 international wins[/B], another world record. McCaw is in fact the only one beyond 100. [*]with [B]92 matches as captain[/B], he's established the best win record. [*]he's got [B]a high win record (89,14%)[/B]. Amongst the 496 players with 50 caps or more, only [URL="http://www.rugbyrama.fr/rugby/conrad-smith_prs32972/person.shtml"]Conrad Smith[/URL] (77 selections, 90,25%) and Sam Whitelock (56 sélections, 91,07%) have done better. [*] [B]81 wins as captain [/B](world record). [*] [B]23 tries scored [/B](world record for a Tier 1 forward). Only [URL="http://www.rugbyrama.fr/rugby/mamuka-gorgodze_prs55165/person.shtml"]Mamuka Gorgodze[/URL] (Georgia, 24) and Diego [URL="http://www.rugbyrama.fr/rugby/sebastien-ormaechea_prs54453/person.shtml"]Ormaechea[/URL] (Uruguay, 41) have done better. [*] [B]11 tries vs Australia [/B](record for one player vs one Tier 1 nation). [/LIST] Now, a lot can be said about him and his way of playing the game, but this just looks awesome on paper, all listed out like that. He must be the most lackluster player to have accumulated so much though. Keeping in mind he benefits astronomically from being an All-Black, looking at those records for example, would you say he deserves the 7 shirt in an all-time World XV no matter what ? [/QUOTE]
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