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With the NRL set to restart next week, we have taken on the impossible task of naming the best 10 players ever. List of Argentina national rugby union players is a list of people who have played for the Argentina national rugby union team. The Roosters secured the hard-to-tackle, deceptively quick ball-playing prop forward and he enjoyed premiership success while at the club. Can't believe they were left out of the Autumn tournament. One of the original Immortals, he also played 39 Tests for Australia. In defence, the lock forward had a roving commission; Coote was among the best cover defenders the game has ever seen.Many would have Lewis higher based on his dominance of State of Origin and international rugby league, but at NRL level his career never rose to the heights of others. Australian users can personalise their ESPN experience by downloading the App.
A gifted rugby player who could turn out in the back-row and second-row as well as giving you a trusted goal-kicking option. As part of our build-up to the Rugby World Cup in Japan RUCK has found the five tallest rugby players EVER!These guys are giants would be standing head and shoulders above all opponents if they were playing in 2019 and two might be.The only British & Irish Lion to feature on this list, Gray has been one of the tallest locks in northern hemisphere rugby this decade after breaking through at Glasgow Warriors. Fulton's organisational skills and ability to read a game placed him ahead of many of his contemporaries. He played 29 Tests with distinction for Australia and led Queensland to victory in the first ever interstate game played under State of Origin selection rules.
Thierry Dusautoir was an armour-plated tank of a flanker whose tackle count and workrate was the equal of McCaw himself. Never beaten, Lockyer led teams by example.The prince of centres, Gasnier was a key part of St George Dragons' record premiership run in the 1960s. Gasnier's career was cut short by a bad leg break at the age of 28, but his swerving runs and ability to accelerate through the slightest of gaps live long in the memories of those who saw him play.Many would name Johns the greatest ever, he is certainly in our top three for the same reasons.
The middle of a rugby league field isn't a place where someone typically carves out such a long and influential career.
Joost van der Westhuizen (Scrum-half, South Africa, 89 caps) One of the most dangerous runners at scrum half there has ever been, certainly in … He started his career as a schoolboy in the centres for the Panthers and was playing for New South Wales and Australia not long after.
Smith will go into the history books as the most prolific player in the history of rugby league. The list only includes players who have played in a Test match. Smith has somehow avoided major injury setbacks while revolutionising the hooker role, steering his club, state and nation to enviable success.