Richie McCow considered Tonga for a moment, but in the end picked the All Blacks to win their pool game. Picture / Sarah Ivey
The wait is over. Richie McCow has made his first World Cup prediction, and it was close one.
Last week, the Herald travelled to the young bull's Northland home to get his picks for the winners of the All Blacks' four pool matches.
Richie was presented with two milk bottles
- one with the All Blacks logo on it and the other with the opposition's flag.
His choice between All Blacks and Tonga was not made on the hoof. At first, the black and white calf ran to the Tonga bottle and had a good sniff of it.
But he turned around to take a long suck on the All Blacks bottle. The fact Richie milked his decision and chewed it over indicated it would be a close game, his owner Kyle Underwood told the Herald.
