Colin Meads, the famously tough All Blacks captain hailed as New Zealand’s greatest rugby player of the 20th century, has died after suffering from cancer. Jacinda Ardern (@jacindaardern) RIP Sir Colin Meads. Facebook Twitter Pinterest New Zealand’s team manager Colin Meads signs autographs for school children in 1995. He retired from international rugby in 1971 after captaining a young All Blacks team to their first ever series loss to the British and Irish Lions. His biography “Colin Meads, All Black” was the best-selling sports book domestically of its time.

Source: The Guardian August 20, 2017 02:19 UTC