{"id":356851,"date":"2026-01-07T10:33:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T10:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/356851\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T10:33:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T10:33:11","slug":"mike-tindall-includes-one-springbok-in-his-all-time-rugby-xv-page-2-of-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/356851\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Tindall includes one Springbok in his all-time rugby XV &#8211; Page 2 of 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83e\udde0 HALFBACKS<\/p>\n<p>10. Jonny Wilkinson (England)<br \/>Ice-cold under pressure. Wilkinson\u2019s kicking accuracy, defensive commitment and obsession with detail made him one of the most complete fly-halves of all time.<\/p>\n<p>9. Joost van der Westhuizen (South Africa)<br \/>A physical freak at scrum-half. Joost combined brute strength with tactical control, captaining the Springboks and redefining what a No.9 could be.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcaa FRONT ROW<\/p>\n<p>1. Trevor Woodman (England)<br \/>A controversial pick, but a proven winner. Woodman was a key part of England\u2019s 2003 World Cup squad, renowned for his scrummaging power and work rate around the park.<\/p>\n<p>2. Sean Fitzpatrick (New Zealand)<br \/>One of the greatest captains the All Blacks have ever produced. Fitzpatrick led New Zealand through an era of dominance and was renowned for his toughness, leadership and durability.<\/p>\n<p>3. Carl Hayman (New Zealand)<br \/>A modern tighthead before his time. Hayman combined enormous scrummaging strength with surprising mobility, anchoring the All Blacks pack in the early 2000s.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ruck.co.uk\/mike-tindall-includes-one-springbok-in-his-all-time-rugby-xv\/3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CONTINUES ON PAGE THREE<\/a><\/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":"\ud83e\udde0 HALFBACKS 10. Jonny Wilkinson (England)Ice-cold under pressure. Wilkinson\u2019s kicking accuracy, defensive commitment and obsession with detail made&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":356852,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-356851","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-rugby","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356851","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=356851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356851\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/356852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=356851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=356851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=356851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}