A rare home loss to England and the influence of their captain Martin Johnson helped shape the leadership style of All Blacks great Richie McCaw. Getty-Images Richie McCaw in his final All Blacks haka ahead of the 2015 Rugby World Cup victory in London. He thought he should just play well and in a team of such talent “this captaincy thing is pretty straight forward." It wasn’t until the infamous 2007 World Cup quarterfinal loss to France in Cardiff that he realised he “didn’t have the answers” as a captain. When I realised that it became not such a lonely place.”Stuff-co-nz Richie McCaw acknowledged the help of leaders like Dan Carter and Kieran read for his All Blacks captaincy success.

Source: Stuff May 04, 2020 23:48 UTC