Friday, 03 May 2013 16:03

Fonterra’s $300K man?

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YOUR OLD mate hears that while All Black captain Richie McCaw may currently be on sabbatical from playing the national game, he’s still on the meter at Fonterra.

Captain Fantastic recently took a short break from his non-rugby playing jaunt around the world to turn up in Sri Lanka for a photo–op with Fonterra and promote the dairy co-op’s operations in that country. At least Fonterra is making McCaw do some work for the supposed $300k-a-year retainer they are paying him!  

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