{"id":709981,"date":"2026-07-25T04:34:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T04:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/709981\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T04:34:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T04:34:12","slug":"dan-carter-and-richie-mccaw-agreed-on-rugbys-greatest-ever-number-10-page-3-of-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/709981\/","title":{"rendered":"Dan Carter and Richie McCaw Agreed on Rugby\u2019s Greatest-Ever Number 10 &#8211; Page 3 of 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83e\udde0 #2. Schalk Burger (South Africa)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Position:\u00a0Flanker<br \/>Height:\u00a06 ft 4 in<br \/>Weight:\u00a0242 lb<br \/>Caps:\u00a086<br \/>Years Active:\u00a02003\u20132015<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd25 A Wild Warrior with Engine for Days<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Richie McCaw said:<br \/>\u201cYou can come up against another tough team but never feel like you have had a tough match against your opposite. But with Burger you knew where they are going to be and how hard they play near the ball.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dan Carter said:<br \/>\u201cI kept looking at my All Black jersey wondering if I had a target like in the middle of the jersey or something because he kept coming for me. He was having a huge battle with our big forward pack. He just kept going. He didn\u2019t stop. He was physical and just his leg drive was incredible. A real competitor and absolute top bloke off the field as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DID YOU KNOW?<br \/>Burger was awarded the\u00a0IRB Player of the Year in 2004, aged just 21.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BIO:<br \/>Schalk Burger was a fearless enforcer and fan favourite in the Springboks jersey. With his wild blond hair and bruising tackles, he embodied raw physicality and relentless effort. A 2007 World Cup winner, Burger was known for his tireless work at the breakdown and thunderous ball-carrying. Off the field, he survived a life-threatening illness and returned to elite rugby, cementing his place as one of South Africa\u2019s most courageous and committed players.<\/p>\n<p>CONTINUES ON PAGE FOUR<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\ud83e\udde0 #2. Schalk Burger (South Africa) Position:\u00a0FlankerHeight:\u00a06 ft 4 inWeight:\u00a0242 lbCaps:\u00a086Years Active:\u00a02003\u20132015 \ud83d\udd25 A Wild Warrior with Engine&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":709982,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-709981","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\/709981","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=709981"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709981\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/709982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=709981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=709981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=709981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}