{"id":242454,"date":"2025-11-04T02:06:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T02:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/242454\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T02:06:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T02:06:07","slug":"rugbys-greatest-players-of-all-time-ranked-100-1-page-4-of-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/242454\/","title":{"rendered":"Rugby\u2019s Greatest Players Of All-Time (Ranked 100-1) &#8211; Page 4 of 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>25. Michael Jones (New Zealand)\u00a0\u2013 Flanker, attacking brilliance.<\/p>\n<p>24. Michael Lynagh (Australia)\u00a0\u2013 Fly-half, tactical genius and reliable kicker.<\/p>\n<p>23. Jason Robinson (England)\u00a0\u2013 Fullback\/winger, tries machine.<\/p>\n<p>22. Victor Matfield (South Africa)\u00a0\u2013 Lock, world-class lineout genius.<\/p>\n<p>21. Lawrence Dallaglio (England)\u00a0\u2013 Number 8, England legend.<\/p>\n<p>20. Brodie Retallick (New Zealand)\u00a0\u2013 Lock, athletic, all-round powerhouse.<\/p>\n<p>19. Fran\u00e7ois Pienaar (South Africa)\u00a0\u2013 Inspirational captain, 1995 WC hero.<\/p>\n<p>18. Richard Hill (England)\u00a0\u2013 Openside flanker, 2003 WC hero.<\/p>\n<p>17. Willie John McBride (Ireland)\u00a0\u2013 Iconic lock, legendary Lions captain.<\/p>\n<p>16. Tim Horan (Australia)\u00a0\u2013 Centre, World Cup winner.<\/p>\n<p>15. Cheslin Kolbe (South Africa)\u00a0\u2013 Winger\/fullback, amazing agility.<\/p>\n<p>14. Barry John (Wales)\u00a0\u2013 Fly-half, key figure in Wales\u2019 golden era.<\/p>\n<p>13. Brian O\u2019Driscoll (Ireland)\u00a0\u2013 Centre, Ireland and Lions icon.<\/p>\n<p>12. Serge Blanco (France)\u00a0\u2013 Fullback, attacking flair and defensive reliability.<\/p>\n<p>11. Joost van der Westhuizen (South Africa)\u00a0\u2013 Scrum-half, skillful and tough.<\/p>\n<p>10. Martin Johnson (England) \u2013 England lock, dominant leader, physical, captain, World Cup-winning legend.<\/p>\n<p>9. John Eales (Australia)\u00a0\u2013 Lock and captain, \u201cNobody\u2019s Perfect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>8. Siya Kolisi (South Africa)\u00a0\u2013 Inspirational captain, 2019 WC winner.<\/p>\n<p>7. Zinzan Brooke (New Zealand)\u00a0\u2013 Number 8, exceptional skill and kicking ability.<\/p>\n<p>6. Richie McCaw (New Zealand)\u00a0\u2013 Iconic captain. Double World Cup-winner.<\/p>\n<p>5. Gareth Edwards (Wales)\u00a0\u2013 Scrum-half, often called the greatest of all time.<\/p>\n<p>4. Eben Etzebeth (South Africa)\u00a0\u2013 Dominant lock, powerhouse in scrum and lineout.<\/p>\n<p>3. Jonny Wilkinson (England)\u00a0\u2013 Fly-half, 2003 WC hero.<\/p>\n<p>2. Dan Carter (New Zealand)\u00a0\u2013 Fly-half, incredible point scorer.<\/p>\n<p>1. Jonah Lomu (New Zealand)\u00a0\u2013 Game-changing winger, global icon.<\/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":"25. Michael Jones (New Zealand)\u00a0\u2013 Flanker, attacking brilliance. 24. Michael Lynagh (Australia)\u00a0\u2013 Fly-half, tactical genius and reliable kicker.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":242455,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-242454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242454"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242454\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/242455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}