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Best All Blacks ever: How Sir Michael Jones compares to Richie McCaw in legends list

Winston Aldworth
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Head of Sport·NZ Herald·
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Best All Blacks ever: How Sir Michael Jones compares to Richie McCaw in legends list
The All Blacks top 60 with Richie McCaw and Jonah Lomu. Illustration / Rod Emmerson

ANALYSIS

It’s often said that it’s impossible to compare athletes across different generations.

Nonetheless, it’s a fun and worthy exercise. Would Sir Richard Hadlee be able to do the job against today’s power hitters? (Answer: An emphatic yes.) How would Diego Maradona go these days? (Very nicely, thanks

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