Talk:Richie McCaw

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Needs work
This article is unworthy of one of the greatest players of the modern era. And I'm a Wallabies supporter. Strayan (talk) 06:37, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

It says McCaw has played 98 tests as of 27 August 2011 and has 98 points. But Allblacks.com says as of that date he's played 97 tests and has 95 points. http://www.allblacks.com/index.cfm?layout=playerProfile&playerID=1121 Thedoctor98 (talk) 07:34, 6 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Will fix AIR corn (talk) 09:58, 6 September 2011 (UTC)

Richie McCaw - glider pilot
Richie is well known in aviation circles as a glider pilot. He has appeared in a TV film by the Sky Documentary Channel showing him flying and at the Omarama club. In the film Richie (if I recall correctly) described flying the glider as something of a passion, and a way to remove himself from the stress of life as a rugby player. I think this part of his life should also be recognised. Viragored (talk) 06:50, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

Photo
Can we get a new photo for the info box? He looks slightly retarded in the current one, he's a good looking guy and it doesn't really do him justice. Then again a photo of anyone with that expression would not do them justice.. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.184.56.49 (talk) 10:29, 11 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Would love some more photos, but unfortunately we can only use free ones. This is what is on commons at the moment. If you have a good one that is your own and are willing to upload it we can use it in the article. AIR corn (talk) 11:44, 11 December 2010 (UTC)
 * same for Dan Carter, he is the most famous rugby player and yet no one has yet been able to provide a good picture of him, specifically, his face....--Stemoc (talk) 12:46, 11 December 2010 (UTC)

What is with this comment
"Media footage has been released pinpointing unpenalised transgressions during a match against Australia" Is this really relevant? Every match there are unpenalized offenses which are caught on tape. Why light upon Riche McCaw? Whoever wrote this comment seems to be very bias. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.57.58.14 (talk) 03:46, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
 * I wrote that comment, as well as the majority of the rest of the article. You are right however, I am biased, just not in the way you are insinuating. Rightly or wrongly, Richie McCaw has been accused of crossing the boundaries at the breakdown. While I think that is part of the opensiders brief it has been mentioned in newspapers and should be mentioned somewhere here. It is hopefully balanced by the next sentence, although if you (or anyone else) can come up with a better way to illustrate the point feel free. AIR corn (talk) 04:29, 13 December 2010 (UTC)

Knighthood?
Can any Kiwi editors throw light on persistent rumours of a knighthood? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 222.152.198.245 (talk) 20:42, 10 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Before the World cup the Prime Minister joked that he would be knighted if the All Blacks win. Now it appears that he has been nominated for a royal honour (not necessarily a knighthood). AIR corn (talk) 20:56, 10 November 2011 (UTC)


 * McCaw turned it down after John Key asked again. Nbagigafreak (talk) 21:57, 15 December 2011 (UTC)

South Canterbury or North Otago
Where did he grow up? I have seen this change back and forth a few times. Does anyone have a difinative source for one over the other. AIR corn (talk) 12:05, 19 October 2012 (UTC)

Achievements
Under McCaw's NPC achievements- he is noted to have achieved NPC success when I am pretty certain he was not even a squad member (ie in 2011). In addition, the references supporting his success are not always correct (often they refer to previous years). While his involvement in NPC was regular in his early and mid career (even if just for a few games to gain match fitness for All Black tours), he has has recently not even been a Canterbury squad member (where i do not think he has been involved in NPC past 2006). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.197.51.6 (talk) 02:05, 15 May 2014 (UTC)

Early years
This section states that "his great-great grandfather" emigrated from the Scottish borders. Given that he (presumably) has eight great-great grandfathers, would it not be more accurate to say "one of his great-great grandfathers" emigrated?

I completely understand what you are saying... I suggest contacting the Canterbury Rugby Union who would more than likely keep a comprehensive list of matches played by players.

If McCaw took the field (even for less than 1 min) in any match in a particular season, then he would be deemed to have contributed to that season's campaign. Wouldn't be too difficult to find out the exact matches he was capped in - translate those matches played in that year to the finishing position of the team, and then you will find out if he contributed to a win or not. Sportswoman100 (talk) 12:43, 17 February 2016 (UTC)

Retirement
We regularly have editors add content saying the McCaw will retire this year. But he hasn't actually announced it yet, so I revert these edits whenever I see them. I saw this today confirming that he has not announced his retirement, so unless this changes, can editors please be mindful of this? We shouldn't be adding WP:CRYSTAL material, and definitely not to a WP:BLP. -- Shudde  talk 23:49, 19 August 2015 (UTC)

Nominated for in the News
I've nominated Richie McCaw's ONZ to be on Wikipedia's front page for In The News: In the news/Candidates. Please add your opinion on whether or not it should be featured. —Мандичка YO 😜 16:43, 2 January 2016 (UTC)

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Place of birth?
The sidebar lists his place of birth as Kurow, New Zealand, while the Early Years section says he was born in Oamaru, New Zealand.

Which is it?

It seems likely he was born in Oamaru as it has a hospital and is handy to Kurow, but are there any definitive sources for this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.96.203.24 (talk) 08:44, 14 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Fixed. AIR corn (talk) 12:13, 14 June 2017 (UTC)

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Honors
What is the reason for the use of US-style spelling ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A00:23C5:9313:B900:A5AF:2CBD:962B:6911 (talk) 18:33, 1 November 2019 (UTC)

ambiguity much?
This sentence appears in the article, which for obvious reasons is semi-protected: "McCaw started flying gliders with his grandfather J H 'Jim' McCaw,[4] a Tempest pilot during World War II credited with shooting down 20 V1 missiles, when he was nine years old.[1]" Now, I'm sure the grand-dad was not nine when he shot down all those V-1's, so the sentence should read: "McCaw started flying gliders at nine years old with his grandfather J H 'Jim' McCaw,[4] a Tempest pilot during World War II credited with shooting down 20 V1 missiles.[1]". Much better. Maybe someone more exalted than I could change it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Koryushka (talk • contribs) 07:30, 4 November 2019 (UTC)