It will be tougher this time, with Dan Carter, Conrad Smith, Ma'a Nonu, Keven Mealamu and Tony Woodcock also heading for the exit gate, but McCaw is hardly leaving his country in the lurch.
So, they are hardly left with any time for leisure.
Within a few weeks, she said, he was hardly leaving the house, watching television and reading the newspaper - and barking orders at her.
Wossy's wife flogs Israeli film remake to Miramax Jonathan Ross's oft-mentioned pay packet from the BBC, whatever it may be, hardly leaves his clan clamouring for gruel at the workhouse.
"This plan, unlike most, does not propose to tear down everything in sight; it suggests that we tear down as little as possible," Rudolph said, in a remark that, while true, was disingenuous, since he was hardly leaving the city alone.
The pair wrote in their memo that they "are hardly leaving investigative journalism; there is much more to do". They did not specify their next project or a new home for their work, and neither responded to a request for comment.
This is hardly a left guard controversy.
There is hardly anybody left who dares to get involved with helping Chechens or with publicising the atrocities they have suffered.
There is hardly anyone left to convert any more, few new borders to cross, no need for evangelism because everyone has got the message.
There is hardly anything left that he doesn't know.
