NZ's Rokocoko flies the highest
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:23
Winger Joe Rokocoko in full flight
All Blacks wing Joe Rokocoko earns his 64th cap against Australia on Saturday, taking him above some august company.
The most-capped All Black wings have been John Kirwan and Jonah Lomu - two of the all-time great rugby players of the world. They each have 63 caps. That means that on Saturday, in Melbourne, Rokocoko becomes the most-capped All Black wing of all time.
The three great wings span an unbroken time line from 1984 to 2010. Of the three. Kirwan scored 35 Test tries, Lomu 37 and Rokocoko has already clocked up 47 tries.
Kirwan won his caps between 1984 and 1994, Lomu from 1994 to 2002.
Rokocoko, who plays his Super Rugby for the Blues, earned his first cap in 2003 when New Zealand played England in Wellington - not a great start as England won 15-13.
Josevata Taliga Rokocoko was born in Nadi, Fiji, on 6 June 1983. The family moved to New Zealand when he was five and he was schooled in New Zealand.
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