All Black captain Richie McCaw has turned down an invitation to attend Prince William's wedding next month because he wants to focus on his Super 15 comeback and the Rugby World Cup.
McCaw was surprised to receive the gold-embossed invitation to the prince's wedding to Kate Middleton at Westminster Abbey, but has declined to attend - a move, he says, which has horrified his female friends.
"I did get an invitation, it was a heck of an honour and I felt a bit lucky," he revealed yesterday.
He said he needed to concentrate on his recovery from foot surgery and get back to playing for the Crusaders in the Super 15.
We're glad that McCaw has his priorities right. Getting an invite to the Wedding of the Year from Prince William (an avid rugby supporter) must have been quite some honour, but McCaw has bigger fish to fry in 2011.
Reports suggest that his recovery from injury is going well, and with the extended Super Rugby competition this season, he's got plenty to time to get match-fit before the RWC where his presence will be pivotal. We're relieved to know that his first focus is on his day-job.
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NZ Prime Minister John Key has turned down an invitation to attend Prince William's wedding next month because he wants to focus on pulling New Zealand out of its economic nose-dive and continue to assist the people of Christchurch to recover from the devastating earth quake.
"I can't be pissing around with expensive trifles like a celebrity wedding on the other side of the world when there is a job for me to do in my own counry." Prime Minister Key said.
Behind him, a tui called.
Goodness; whoever would have thought that Robert Guyton would be the first to comment on this thread; you're getting predictable Rob!
Just up earlier than everyone else Inv!
Why doesn't Richie pass the invitation on to Guyton? He never seems to have enough to do!
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RG would want the Aussie `Red Russel' to go instead
The Good Guys, of course, desperately need McCaw right now. ;-)
Good on that man.
Off with his head.
funny how Bob slags you off for having a laugh at Goff but he himself gets very bitter and twisted over John Key and especially his financial position. I'm sure that Bob could have become a millionaire if he hadn't decided to live the simple life.
Perhaps he WAS once wealthy Jabba, but lost it all to a finance company or merchant bank. That would certainly go some way towards explaining his loathing of John Key ...
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