Rugby World UK – July 2019

Age 28 (20.10.90) Position Hooker His first 19 caps came off the bench, but he’s blossomed technically and as a leader since win ...

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100 Best Players 15 ARDIE SAVEA 35 A RDIE SAVEA is in the form of his life, writes Liam Napier. Heck, he has a compelling case t ...

Age 26 (17.1.93) Position Back-row Last November, ahead of a Test with Fiji, Scotland boss Gregor Townsend said: “Peceli Yato mu ...

Age 27 (22.10.91) Position No 8 John Barclay’s seen a lot in his time but he’s been blown away by his Edinburgh team-mate and ma ...

100 BEST PLAYERS 8 FINN RUSSELL 44 I N TODAY’S modern game, where defences are ridiculously well organised, a player who is a co ...

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Age 28 (31.5.91) Position Lock No lock in world rugby has Retallick’s range of skills. Who else could sell an audacious dummy fr ...

100 Best Players 3 MAKO VUNIPOLA 53 Age 28 (14 January 1991) Position Prop N EWS THAT a torn hamstring would compromise his Worl ...

100 BEST PLAYERS “HE PROVES CONCLUSIVELY THAT LEADERS ARE BORN” One man stands head and shoulders above to top our list of the w ...

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100 BEST PLAYERS himself may be testing history to its breaking point, but it did seem justified. There was an outside view as w ...

100 Best Players What they say about AWJ ROB EVANS The way he’s led this group has been unbelievable. He’s awesome. He’s a f***i ...

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Beneath the household names in elite rugby lies a huge number of fine professionals making a living off the world game. RW salut ...

very quickly, so I like to change things up. I make no apologies for that.” In our game we bury one-club players under praise wh ...

sliding doors. However, he’s just enjoyed his third season with the French outfit. It’s here his path crossed with Katz. “My jou ...

TAKING THE LEAP DORAN JONES went down the academic route, too, but he twinned his medicinal chemistry degree at Trinity College ...

Molitika says his only regret is that he never played Super Rugby, but he left to find a life overseas when you needed a day job ...

seasons out of the academy. They may not get a lot of game time, play a lot of Prem Cup, the A League. They may get offered anot ...