Who is your favourite rugby player?

gonnaplayrugby

mine is either michalak or wilkonson oh and BOD of course

thekid9

Tony Buckley Hand off against shaw will be a moment to remember. I think Podge irl will agree

racso1975

ever: Then campasie(spelling), lomu or sean fitzpatrick capt of 87 all blacks rwc winning team. Current day: BOD, Mc caw, habana or chabal

athtrasna

How can you define favourite? Playing style, "best", inspirational, leader, nicest, best to watch.....

Players that I've admired in the past....Geoghegan, Sean Fitzpatrick, Guscott, Scott Quinnell, Justin Marshall, Lomu, Keith Wood, Cullen, Eales, Jeremy Davidson, Mick Galwey...hmm I seem to have a second row thing!!

These days...Chabal has a presence that's hard to ignore, BOD is always hard to ignore, DOC just because, Elsom, Warwick and David Wallace

gonnaplayrugby

what players you like? its pretty open like.

d'Oracle

Sarzewski.

Hes so Dreeeeamy.

amacachi

Probably Iafeta Paleaaesina, love every time he gets the ball.

gavkm27

Schalk!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39hmHKvCJkY

corny

Stephen Larkham. Fantastic playmaker.

d'Oracle

gavkm27 wrote: »

Schalk!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39hmHKvCJkY

That is feckin ace.
I LOL'd, one of those OOOOOFFFHHAHAHAHAH.

Original Steyr

BOD, Dan Carter,Jonah Lomu and Peter Stringer.

wixfjord

Mine are Heaslip, Toby Flood, Schalk Brits, Masaga and Martin Williams.
BOD goes without saying, I would marry that guy, Id also marry Amy but for different reasons

Edit hopefully be seeing some of this in the coming Super 15 season.

David Wallace is the man.

theboss80

Gotta be BOD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5UGFTLJ6-Y

razorblunt

Wallace, Parisse, Simon Taylor

pappyodaniel

Scott Gibbs, George Gregan, Christian Cullen Joost Van der Westhuizen and N'Tamack were all favourites of mine. To pick one it would be Gregan.

Right now nobody touches BO'D.

Favourite young players would be Earls and Pocock.

chupacabra

Keith Wood, Sean Fitzpatrick and Jonah Lomu from my younger days and probably Bismarck Du Plessis, Chabal or POC in my old age (22 :pac:)

Kenteach

John Eales, Christian Cullen, Mick Galwey, Brian O'Driscoll. Jamie Heaslip soon to be added to that list.

toomevara

Kieran Fitzgerald, Sean Fitzpatrick, Keith Wood, Peter Clohessy, Os Du Randt....and if I've got to pick one of the Wendies out the back, the Peerless Serge Blanco...

durkadurka

Bod, geoghegan, woody, lomu and BIG MAL!!

thomond2006

Keith Wood.

Nobody comes close IMO.

myflipflops

The underrated, bullsh*t free legend that is John Hayes. I even over look him standing on Cian Healys head last year.

Chester Williams was un-believable on Lomu rugby for the Playstation and as such, I became a massive fan of him.

Judgement Day

What a question! On the current stage there are so many superb players: BOD, ROG, Jonny Wilkinson, Dan Carter, the Aussie newboy James O'Connor (one of the youngest ever players to be capped by the Wallabies) and going to be a legend. Past greats - well where do you start? The whole Welsh team from the 1970s....with the great JPR Williams and Gareth Edwards head and shoulders above anyone else playing at the time. Bill Beaumont, Keith Wood, Ollie Campbell, Tony Ward......but if it was name one current player or be shot it would have to Brian O'Driscoll -legend - and the best is yet to come!

This YouTube clip from 'that match' - the Barbarians v All Blacks from 1973 which will forever be ingrained in the memory of all who were priveliged to see it - the finest hour of the pre-professional era! Gareth Edwards finishes off a try which involves many of the great names and starts on the Barbarians own line without a break. So I guess it has to be Gareth Edwards from the golden age.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oVIRy-djlY

themont85

themont85

myflipflops wrote: »

The underrated, bullsh*t free legend that is John Hayes. I even over look him standing on Cian Healys head last year.

Chester Williams was un-believable on Lomu rugby for the Playstation and as such, I became a massive fan of him.

If an underrated player is rated by so many, then what is he?

greendom

Jean Pierre Rives

myflipflops

themont85 wrote: »

If an underrated player is rated by so many, then what is he?

Rated lower than he should by most outside of Ireland. Castigated by British and Southern Hemisphere press at various times.

A legend in my book.

Jemo

Jamie Heaslip, Christophe Dominici, Girvan Dempsey, Denis Hickie

efb

BO'D cos hes ledgen...dary

DO'C

muincav

Philip Orr, Willie John Mc Bride (giant) Moss Keane and Present-David Wallace and Jamie Heaslip....:D

DavMar

Zinzan Brooke and ANTHONY FOLEY

anonymous_joe

BOD, Woods, Heaslip, Caucau...

Hugh_C

Keith Gentle Refrigeration wrote: »

David Wallace is the man.

yeah, with you on that, pure brilliant (except for yesterday)

v3ttel

Currently: Luke Fitzgerald, Jerry Flannery, Paul O'Connell

Past: Simon Geoghegan, Keith Woods, Jonah Lomu

Podge_irl

Hayes isn't underrated. I am a big fan of the guy though.

Watching Brian O'Driscoll play both live and on TV has been a privilege. He's the kind of player you'll be telling your kids about.

gcgirl

thomond2006 wrote: »

Keith Wood.

Nobody comes close IMO.

His the reason i support Munster! I have a photo of me n him which is in my sitting room class it is !

JustinDee

Mark Ella. The most skillful player I've ever seen.

twinytwo

BOD- they only player that has everything
Elsom
Heymans
Wilkinson
Wally

Co45

O'Driscoll, Elsom, Phil Waugh, Brussow

Fink Goddie

Rob Kearney

sioda

John hayes and alan quinlan. First one is obvious hayes just goes on and on. Quinny brings something unknown to a game ok maybe not always legal but sometimes watch winning and is a great talisman for the team. Plus on his last munster performance can now cover any position in a starting 15 well almost

annejohn91

Paul o Connell. legend..
Hayes.. love him
David Wallace, Brian o'Driscoll and Ronan o Gara obviously

Frik Venter or Pieter Van Myburgh:o

Seriously Geoghegan,Wood and BOD.

From outside Ireland Dan Carter,Hastings,Dominguez,Wilkinson,Bernat Salles

twinytwo

sioda wrote: »

John hayes and alan quinlan. First one is obvious hayes just goes on and on. Quinny brings something unknown to a game ok maybe not always legal but sometimes watch winning and is a great talisman for the team. Plus on his last munster performance can now cover any position in a starting 15 well almost

true that he gave a kick or two kearney would have been proud of :pac:... which makes ones think .. while going from the changing rooms to the pitch does quinlan think.. " right im giving this one socks" or did he just have extra energy to burn

big neilly

Has to be a forward for me, Keith Woods when i was growing up, David Wallace, Heaslip both top at the minute, Im a bit of a Neil Best fan hes not afraid to get stuck in.
First experience of rugby was looking at a book of sport when i was 8 or 9 years old had a picture of an Ireland second row with ears taped back getting up from a ruck looked like the incredible hulk to me, it was around 87-88 not sure who but that was my inspiration for starting to play, names Neil Francis and Paddy Johns stick in my head but not sure if they were playing then

Ciaran-Irl

myflipflops wrote: »

Rated lower than he should by most outside of Ireland. Castigated by British and Southern Hemisphere press at various times.

A legend in my book.

In fairness, practically everyone in Ireland rates him highly, and we rate him because he is an excellent lifter in the lineout, and he has been solid and consistent for so many years. Fans love that kind of thing. Look at Enlish fans and Simon Shaw. There is no reason really why anyone outside Ireland should rate him too highly though. Consistent over long periods of time is hardly a reason for a non Irish fan to care.

There is no team in the world that ever played against Ireland where the coach ever had reason to lose sleep because his team was facing John Hayes at tighthead in the morning.

Yeah, we love him in Ireland, but underrated he is not. He has exactly the right amount of recognition.

2040

Ever: Joost van der Westhuizen

Ireland: David Wallace

Munster (apart from Wally): Paul Warwick, although that's a tough one.

WeeBushy

Cameron Jowitt. Favourite player ever.

RuggieBear

nick popplewell probably

Crash

Denis Hickie - so much of what was good for Leinster and Ireland during his time came from his magnificent Wavin pipes.

pappyodaniel

It's Keith Wood, not Woods.

Does my head in. :mad: