A World Cup winner with the USA, Patty Jervey was among the group of first women’s players to be inducted into the World Rugby Hall of Fame and she is…
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The greatest centres of all time: Bleddyn Williams
Major teams: Cardiff Country: Wales Test span: 1947-55 Wales caps: 22 (22 starts) Lions caps: 5 (5 starts) Test points: 24 (8T) That was just another chapter of Williams’s astounding…
The greatest centres of all time: Mike Gibson
Major teams: North of Ireland, Cambridge University Country: Ireland Test span: 1964-79 Ireland caps: 69 (69 starts) Lions caps: 12 (11 starts) Test points: 112 (9T, 7C, 16P, 6DG) He…
The greatest centres of all time: Yannick Jauzion
Major teams: Colomiers, Toulouse Country: France Test span: 2003-11 France caps: 73 (65 starts) Test points: 103 (20T, 1DG) The professional era has seen midfields crowded with mighty collisions between…
The greatest centres of all time: Danie Gerber
Major teams: Eastern Province, Western Province Position: Centre Country: South Africa Test span: 1980-92 Test caps: 24 (24 starts) Test points: 82 (19T, 1C) From Eastern Province, Gerber emerged on…
The greatest centres of all time: Jeff Butterfield
Major teams: Northampton Country: England Test span: 1953-59 England caps: 28 (28 starts) Lions caps: 4 (4 starts) Test points: 27 (8T, 1DG) Jeff Butterfield was a stylish centre who…
The greatest scrum-halves of all time: Danie Craven
Major team: Western Province Country: South Africa Test span: 1931-38 Test caps: 16 (16 starts) Test points: 6 (2T) Danie Craven was such a towering figure in South African rugby…
The greatest scrum-halves of all time: Ken Catchpole
Major teams: Randwick, NSW Country: Australia Test span: 1961-68 Australia caps: 27 (27 starts) Test points: 9 (3T) He captained Australia on his Test debut and 12 other occasions, he…
The greatest scrum-halves of all time: Gary Armstrong
Major teams: Jed-Forest, Newcastle, Borders Country: Scotland Test span: 1988-99 Scotland caps: 51 (49 starts) Test points: 21 (5T) “Inside me at scrum-half I have one of the toughest players…
The greatest hookers of all time: Bismarck du Plessis
Major teams: Free State Cheetahs, Natal, Sharks, Montpellier Country: South Africa Test span: 2007-2015 South Africa caps 79 (50 starts) Test points: 55 (11T) Stuck behind the sizeable figure…