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<blockquote data-quote="Guilty" data-source="post: 666979" data-attributes="member: 71378"><p>Like Canuck, I think the stats presented in the OP are more attributed to the All Blacks as a team rather than McCaw himself. I would like to see IRB and NZ PotY awards, career and average pilfers, tackles, line breaks and tries.</p><p></p><p>Now having said that, McCaw is to me the greatest #7 to play the game and in my opinion, the best player of all time. There is no question that he has benefited from playing on an All Blacks side that had been absolutely dominate for a decade but his individual brilliance (I too think he should have only won two IRB Player of the Year awards) over such a long period of time coupled with his leadership abilities give him the nod as the GoaT. Openside flanker is as far as I am concerned the second most important position on the field and McCaw had shown he is the best. A lot of people will claim he is a cheat - well guess what? That is one of the core roles of a fetcher. To read the referee and get away with murder as much as possible and in this sense, he is undoubtedly the best.</p><p></p><p>I'm always interested when I hear people say that McCaw has a big ego on him. I really wouldn't know and I'm sure other people are more qualified to comment but I have always been impressed with how McCaw (and Dan Carter for that matter) come across and present themselves.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Guilty, post: 666979, member: 71378"] Like Canuck, I think the stats presented in the OP are more attributed to the All Blacks as a team rather than McCaw himself. I would like to see IRB and NZ PotY awards, career and average pilfers, tackles, line breaks and tries. Now having said that, McCaw is to me the greatest #7 to play the game and in my opinion, the best player of all time. There is no question that he has benefited from playing on an All Blacks side that had been absolutely dominate for a decade but his individual brilliance (I too think he should have only won two IRB Player of the Year awards) over such a long period of time coupled with his leadership abilities give him the nod as the GoaT. Openside flanker is as far as I am concerned the second most important position on the field and McCaw had shown he is the best. A lot of people will claim he is a cheat - well guess what? That is one of the core roles of a fetcher. To read the referee and get away with murder as much as possible and in this sense, he is undoubtedly the best. I'm always interested when I hear people say that McCaw has a big ego on him. I really wouldn't know and I'm sure other people are more qualified to comment but I have always been impressed with how McCaw (and Dan Carter for that matter) come across and present themselves. [/QUOTE]
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