All Black great Richie McCaw officially announces retirement from rugby

Double World Cup winning captain Richie McCaw has officially confirmed that he has now retired from professional rugby. The most capped rugby player of all time explained his reasons at an emotional press conference in Wellington on Thursday. McCaw started his incredible career in Dublin in 2001, then aged just 20, and picked up the Man of the Match award in that match, against Ireland. He went on to lift the Webb Ellis Cup twice, as well as receiving countless other accolades. "I'm hanging up my boots having accomplished everything I could have ever dreamed about in the game. Knowing that I…