Richie McCaw beats Victor Matfield in veterans’ battle to land knockout blow | Andy Bull

New Zealand were not at their fluent best in victory over South Africa, but were once again able to turn to their 147-cap captain for the inspiration to get over the lineWhen the final whistle went, Richie McCaw didn’t celebrate, though his team-mates were jumping up and down all around him. Instead, he strode up to Victor Matfield and shook his hand. McCaw and Matfield first played a Test against each other way back in 2002, a 41-20 win for the All Blacks in Wellington, a lot less tense than this, their latest, and last, encounter. Everyone else who played that day has long since retired from…