Keiran Read adds colour to Richie McCaw’s All Black masterpiece

The New Zealand captain is racing to be fit to face the Lions as he closes on 100 caps after doing things his way in the footsteps of a legendKieran Read is in a race and he has no idea if he is winning. The starting gun was fired in Bloemfomtein on 30 April when he broke a thumb, the finishing lines – two of them – are in Auckland. The All Blacks captain is desperate to play in the first Test against the Lions at Eden Park on Saturday, so that a fortnight later at the same ground he can win his 100th cap, putting him in an elite club.It is a club founded by Richie McCaw, the first All Black t…