All Blacks captain Richie McCaw leads the way for Movember.
If the All Blacks hit the United Kingdom looking like Hulk Hogan or Chopper Read, could it be more intimidating than the haka?
Captain Richie McCaw has taken on the challenge to lead the hairiest All Blacks team ever into their end of year tour – but with their first game against England on November 8, it will be a race against the clock.
The famous No 7 let Sunday News get up close and personal as he was shaved at Maloney’s Barber Shop ahead of Movember, the month of men’s health.
“If I do my job right and convince the boys a mo’s the way to go, there could be quite a few of the guys sporting one,” McCaw said.
“I guess with the girlfriends at home not having to see it, probably a lot of the boys can get away with it. It’s a bit tougher being on TV every week [with a] mo, but if it promotes it [Movember] that’s all good.”
He expected to be able to grow a fair-sized moustache. “When I was a young fulla I was usually pretty awful at it but I’m starting to mature a bit.”
Who would be the hardest in the team to convince? “I reckon [coach] Steve Hanson would be the toughest to get across the line – but it’s not impossible.”
Begun in 2003 as an gag between guys who thought it would be hard-case to try to grow a mo, Movember has grown to include 21 countries and become the forerunner to the ironic hipster moustache, an unforeseen and not entirely welcome side-effect.
In New Zealand last year, more than $1.5 million was raised for the Cancer Society and the Mental Health Foundation.
McCaw wanted to reach out to guys who thought they were immune.
“Every bloke in New Zealand is affected, when it comes to cancer and mental health, and if we can get people to look after themselves a bit better then that’s a big achievement.”
Prostate cancer is the most common among Kiwi men, with 3000 cases each year.
- Sunday News
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