Major teams: Curupatyi, Narbonne, Castres, Clermont Country: Argentina Test span: 1996-2011 Argentina caps: 84 (67 starts) Test points: 15 (3 tries) Wallaby prop Sekope Kepu might seem an odd choice…
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The greatest hookers of all time: Colin Deans
Major teams: Hawick Country: Scotland Test span: 1978-87 Scotland caps: 52 (52 starts) Test points: 10 (2T) Although Deans had much to celebrate in his career, he was denied the…
The greatest hookers of all time: Bryn Meredith
Major teams: London Welsh, Newport Country: Wales Test span: 1954-62 Wales caps: 34 (34 starts) Lions caps: 8 (8 starts) Test points: 12 (4T) Meredith had a long distinguished career…
The greatest hookers of all time: Peter Wheeler
Major teams: Leicester Country: England Test span: 1975-84 England caps: 48 (48 starts) Lions caps: 7 (7 starts) Test points: 0 Adopting the role of chief executive at Leicester…
The greatest second-rows of all time: Gordon Brown
Major teams: West of Scotland Country: Scotland Test span: 1969-77 Scotland caps: 30 (28 starts) Lions caps: 8 (8 starts) Test points: 8 (2T) And there were few personalities…
The greatest second-rows of all time: Frik du Preez
Major teams: Northern Transvaal Country: South Africa Test span: 1961-71 Test caps: 38 (38 starts) Test points: 11 (1T 1C 2P) When Frik du Preez and the All Black…
The greatest second-rows of all time: Colin Meads
Major teams: King Country Country: New Zealand Test span: 1957-71 Test caps: 55 (55 starts) Test points: 21 (7T) Between 1957 and 1971 he set a world cap record by…
The greatest second-rows of all time: Walter Spanghero
Major teams: Narbonne Country: France Test span: 1964-73 Test caps: 51 (51 starts) Test points: 14 (4T) “Cometh the hour, cometh the man,” said French critics when Walter Spanghero made…
The greatest second-rows of all time: Paul O’Connell
Major teams: Munster Country: Ireland Test span: 2002-2015 Ireland caps: 108 (99 starts) Lions caps: 7 (7 starts) Test points: 40 (8T) Superman heads to bed each night wearing Paul…
Adam Jones
Adam Jones was christened ‘Bomb’ in a fond reference to 1990s American wrestler Adam Bomb, who sported similarly curly locks and an identical Christian name. However, the moniker took on…