Preview: Argentina v New Zealand
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The focus this week may have been on Richie McCaw's record-equalling 133rd Test appearance, but there is another - perhaps more pressing - issue at hand.
McCaw will equal a 43-year record when New Zealand seek a bonus-point win over Argentina in La Plata to retain the Rugby Championship title for a third successive year.
Legendary lock Colin Meads made 133 appearances for the All Blacks - 55 Tests and 78 other matches - before his 1971 retirement.
And McCaw has worn the famous black 132 times, with all but one match - against the Barbarians - being Tests.
Meads is revered as on…
McCaw will equal a 43-year record when New Zealand seek a bonus-point win over Argentina in La Plata to retain the Rugby Championship title for a third successive year.
Legendary lock Colin Meads made 133 appearances for the All Blacks - 55 Tests and 78 other matches - before his 1971 retirement.
And McCaw has worn the famous black 132 times, with all but one match - against the Barbarians - being Tests.
Meads is revered as on…
