McCaw To Lost Captaincy of All Blacks

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I go to read about injuries for next tests and The New Zealand Herald is already suggest that McCaw should lost the captaincy of All Blacks to Kieran Read and they mark him lower than SOB for the second week in a row.

Also another article criticise his error rate.

Is this unfair criticise to a player who captain to two wins?

He did seem to have a lot of facial injury to the eye area...

Do you think the citing commissioner should look to this instead of whether Israel Dagg make too slight contact when he jump in the charge down?

AsLongAsBut100ofUs wrote:

EBOP wrote:Just wondering if anyone else noticed the Irish chap with blue cap in the maul at 6:55 raking at McCaw's face, 2-3 times? May have affected his eyesight, hence the continual fumbles.

Yes, looked like contact with the eye area, even in slow motion, but I've heard nothing about McLaughlin being cited

Neither

Just watched Reunion (nz sky) and the host TJ just mentioned how it was just an 'introduction to the game for McCaw' and no mention made of the actual contact. In contrast, TJ was all over rougerie in the WC incident. Probably a non-event, nothing to see here

Maybe he should learn how to milk the card from Kearney?

EBOP wrote:Just wondering if anyone else noticed the Irish chap with blue cap in the maul at 6:55 raking at McCaw's face, 2-3 times? May have affected his eyesight, hence the continual fumbles.

Yes, didn't notice it during the game but it was brought up on another thread by another Irish poster.

It was Kevin McLaughlin, who in his defence isn't a dirty player at all, but I've seen hefty bans given for that sort of thing. If he's gotten off with it then he's a very lucky boy. Doubt there was malice there but any hands near the eyes is a pretty serious offence. If he gets a ban then no one can have too many complaints imo.

anotherworldofpain wrote:He did seem to have a lot of facial injury to the eye area...

Who?

Richie McCaw after being eye gouge by the Irish player.

anotherworldofpain wrote:Richie McCaw after being eye gouge by the Irish player.

Oh..I thought you meant Ross. Or do I have to do a time reference for that so that you can remember seeing it?

Ross who?

Oh of course............................. I forgot to give you the list of Irish names!!! That's a bumnote I know. Poor Dan can never remember one of them either so how could I expect a fluent foreign language speaker like yourself to.

Just look out for the Irish player with the gouged eye, I think that's easiest. Although you've passed a lot of easy-see incidents on your many repeated viewings of the game

SecretFly wrote:

anotherworldofpain wrote:Richie McCaw after being eye gouge by the Irish player.

Oh..I thought you meant Ross. Or do I have to do a time reference for that so that you can remember seeing it?

yes that took place close to the 80th minute....on the 23rd of october 2011...