Terry McLean was the finest reporter as well as most astute observer of New Zealand rugby for over half-a-century. Put together, his 32 books tell the full  story of every incoming tour, whether by South Africa, British Isles or France, to New Zealand, as well as fascinating insights into the All Blacks’ own trips overseas. After his distinguished career as rugby correspondent and sports editor of the New Zealand Herald he became, in 1996, the only New Zealand sports journalist to be knighted.