SMITTY & RICHIE
BREAKFAST!

 

CorporateSport has secured the exclusive presence of the most successful captain to have played the game, for a series of Mondi breakfasts during the All Blacks tour to South Africa in August.

 

Richie McCaw will be joining 2007 Springbok RWC captain John Smit for the breakfast of the year in Johannesburg.

 

McCaw played 148 Tests matches for the All Blacks (110 as captain) and was the first player to reach 100 Tests and win 100 Tests. He won 89% of the Test matches he played – 131 wins in 148 matches. Just an incredible achievement! He led the All Blacks to two RWC wins and was voted the World Rugby Player of the Year three times. He was also voted the World Rugby Player of the decade for the period 2011-2020. He played in the 2005 series win against the British and Irish Lions ... and he flies his own helicopter!

 

Smitty was not too shoddy himself! He played 111 Test matches for the Springboks and led them to a RWC triumph in 2007. He was also captain of the Springbok side which slayed the British & Irish Lions and won the Tri-Nations title in 2009 – including three successive wins against Richie’s All Blacks!

 

John and Richie’s tussles on the field were always uncompromising and hugely competitive ... and they are both really good blokes off the field! 

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They will be looking back over their rivalry as opposing captains with anecdotes from clashes between the two sides, and of course chatting about the upcoming Test series taking place.

 

Matthew Pearce will add his own astute rugby knowledge and inside perspective as the MC for the morning.

 

So, pencil in the date on your corporate entertainment calendar and put a bit of your budget aside, as we look forward to what will undoubtedly be a fantastic rugby morning for the true rugby connoisseur.