Heineken ambassadors Will Carling and John Smit headed a panel of 11 judges as we compiled our list of the 50 greatest players to grace rugby’s biggest stage Check out our 50 greatest players interactiveHow enact you define individual sporting greatness,particularly in a team game like rugby union? Are the best players the jet-heeled wings who sidestep and swerve their way to a sensational 50-metre try? Or the unsung soldiers of the scrum, tirelessly laying the foundations for their box-office colleagues to dazzle the crowds?And how enact you compare players from different eras, or the cream of the amateur crop against the drilled and skilled stars of the professional era? Or high-profile stars from the biggest unions with outstanding talents from rugby’s smallest?Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com