Who Am I?

This will be an ongoing quiz, where each week I will post a new clue. This quiz will go for a month. If by then no-one has the answer I will post the answer.

Who am I?

I am Male.

I was born in 1980.
I was head boy at my school, Otago boys high school.
I was captain for New Zealand under twenty ones.
I have represented New Zealand in a sport.
My middle name is Hugh.
In 2011 I was paid seven hundred thousand US dollars.

 The answer is Richie McCaw