Richie McCaw with Gemma Flynn and parents after the quarter final win over Australia by the Blacksticks women's hockey team at the Rio Olympics. Photo / Richie McCaw Facebook
It's time to lay the Curse of Richie McCaw to rest.
Although he might have watched over some of New Zealand's biggest disappointments at the Rio Olympics, he's still proving a lucky charm for the women's Black Sticks team, which features his fiancée Gemma Flynn.
McCaw watched the All Blacks
Sevens' shock loss to Japan - the game in which Sonny Bill Williams suffered a tournament-ending injury.
And he was there to see Val Adams pipped to shot put gold by Michelle Carter's late winning throw.
Asked last week by TVNZ if he was bad luck, he joked: "Perhaps I am. I might have to leave!"
