{"id":192832,"date":"2025-12-20T03:52:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T03:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/192832\/"},"modified":"2025-12-20T03:52:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T03:52:09","slug":"nigel-owens-doesnt-hold-back-when-asked-to-name-the-best-captain-he-refereed-page-3-of-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/192832\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigel Owens doesn\u2019t hold back when asked to name the best captain he refereed &#8211; Page 3 of 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>#1. Thierry Dusautoir (France)<\/p>\n<p>: Respected French rugby warrior renowned for his ferocious tackling and unyielding determination. Dusautoir\u2019s illustrious career as a flanker saw him lead France with distinction, earning accolades for his defensive prowess and inspirational leadership on the field.<\/p>\n<p>Owens said: \u201cMy choice as the best skipper I encountered may raise a few eyebrows, but what a captain Dusautoir was. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe unfailingly put his body on the line throughout his career \u2014 recall the 38 tackles he made when France knocked the All Blacks out of the 2007 World Cup \u2014 led by example and understood the game very well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>EDITORS PICKS:<\/p>\n<p>Like this:<\/p>\n<p>Like Loading&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"sd-link-color\"\/>\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"#1. Thierry Dusautoir (France) : Respected French rugby warrior renowned for his ferocious tackling and unyielding determination. Dusautoir\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":192833,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,213],"class_list":{"0":"post-192832","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-new-zealand","9":"tag-newzealand","10":"tag-nz","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192832\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/192833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}