{"id":565192,"date":"2026-05-04T06:42:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T06:42:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/565192\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T06:42:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T06:42:21","slug":"dan-carter-and-richie-mccaw-agree-on-rugbys-greatest-ever-player-page-2-of-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/565192\/","title":{"rendered":"Dan Carter and Richie McCaw Agree on Rugby\u2019s Greatest Ever Player &#8211; Page 2 of 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83c\udfaf #3. Jonny Wilkinson (England)<\/p>\n<p>Position:\u00a0Fly-half<br \/>Height:\u00a06 ft<br \/>Weight:\u00a0200 lb<br \/>Caps:\u00a097<br \/>Years Active:\u00a01998\u20132011<\/p>\n<p>\u2696\ufe0f The Perfectionist<\/p>\n<p>Dan Carter said:<br \/>\u201cYou might have heard of him? Former England captain and Toulon player Jonny is probably the closest thing I\u2019ve seen to the perfect rugby player.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Richie McCaw said:<br \/>\u201cHe\u2019ll go down as one of the greats of world rugby.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>DID YOU KNOW?<br \/>Jonny\u2019s brother,\u00a0Mark Wilkinson, also played for Newcastle Falcons, making 16 Premiership appearances between 2002 and 2005.<\/p>\n<p>BIO:<br \/>Jonny Wilkinson was England\u2019s golden boy \u2014 the drop-goal hero of the 2003 Rugby World Cup final and a relentless perfectionist. Known for his intense training routines, pinpoint kicking and defensive steel, Wilkinson was equally admired for his humility. Injuries plagued his career, but he bounced back to shine at Toulon, winning two Heineken Cups. A tactical maestro and clutch performer, Jonny remains one of the most technically gifted fly-halves ever.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ruck.co.uk\/dan-carter-and-richie-mccaw-agree-on-rugbys-greatest-ever-player\/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":"\ud83c\udfaf #3. Jonny Wilkinson (England) Position:\u00a0Fly-halfHeight:\u00a06 ftWeight:\u00a0200 lbCaps:\u00a097Years Active:\u00a01998\u20132011 \u2696\ufe0f The Perfectionist Dan Carter said:\u201cYou might have heard&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":565193,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-565192","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\/565192","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=565192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565192\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/565193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=565192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=565192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=565192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}