{"id":381563,"date":"2026-01-21T04:10:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T04:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/381563\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T04:10:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T04:10:07","slug":"sonny-bill-williams-didnt-hesitate-naming-the-best-rugby-player-of-all-time-page-2-of-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/381563\/","title":{"rendered":"Sonny Bill Williams didn&#8217;t hesitate naming the best rugby player of all-time &#8211; Page 2 of 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>3. Thierry Dusautoir (France)<\/p>\n<p>Bio:\u00a0Thierry Dusautoir, born in 1981 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, is widely regarded as one of the greatest flankers in rugby history. Dusautoir was known for his relentless tackling, leadership, and work ethic. He captained France in multiple tournaments and was named World Rugby Player of the Year in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>Williams on Dusautoir:<br \/>\u201cFrom my time in France, I\u2019d have to say Thierry Dusautoir. He wasn\u2019t just an amazing player, but you can see how he rallies his troops and performs in big games. He\u2019s someone I really admire.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>2. Jonah Lomu (New Zealand)<\/p>\n<p>Bio:\u00a0Jonah Lomu (1975\u20132015) was a legendary New Zealand winger famed for his combination of size, speed, and power. Bursting onto the international stage during the 1995 Rugby World Cup, Lomu revolutionized the wing position and became one of the most iconic figures in the sport.<\/p>\n<p>Williams on Lomu:<br \/>\u201cHe\u2019s someone who stood out because even when I didn\u2019t play rugby, I knew who he was. You just have to watch his highlights to see how incredible he was. You don\u2019t see players these days running through ten defenders on the way to the tryline.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>CONTINUES ON PAGE THREE<\/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":"3. Thierry Dusautoir (France) Bio:\u00a0Thierry Dusautoir, born in 1981 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, is widely regarded as one&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":381564,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-381563","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\/381563","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=381563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381563\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/381564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=381563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=381563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=381563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}