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All Black great McCaw voted rugby’s player of the decade

Richie McCaw, who led New Zealand to world cup victory 2011 and repeated the feat in 2015, was named rugby union’s men’s player of the decade.

PARIS: Double World Cup winner Richie McCaw and Olympic medallist and women’s Six Nations champion Jessy Tremouliere were named players of the decade on Monday by World Rugby.

Rugby fans voted New Zealander Portia Woodman and Fijian Jerry Tuwai the sevens players of the decade. Ireland’s Jamie Heaslip and Woodman scored the tries of the decade.

In addition to the two awards she won, Black Fern Woodman was the only player to feature on both the sevens and 15s player of the decade lists

The awards were announced in an online ceremony. The best players and the men’s try of the decade were chosen from the annual winners from the years between 2010 and 2019. World Rugby…

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