Update: 2:05PM All Blacks captain Richie McCaw has announced his retirement from rugby.

McCaw, the world’s most-capped Test player, will hang up his boots just weeks after leading the All Blacks to victory at the Rugby World Cup.

“I’m going to be hanging up my boots – it’s the end of my rugby days,” he told media in Wellington.

The 34-year-old bows out with 148 Test caps, chalking up 131 wins in the process.

His last cap was won in the Rugby World Cup final defeat of Australia at Twickenham when he became the first player to hoist the Webb Ellis Cup for a second time, having led New Zealand to victory on home soil in 2011.

“That last game, to have that as a lasting memory of your last time on the pitch is pretty satisfying,’ he said.