Major teams: Eastern Province, Western Province Position: Centre Country: South Africa Test span: 1980-92 Test caps: 24 (24 starts) Test points: 82 (19T, 1C) From Eastern Province, Gerber emerged on…
The Greatest Players
The greatest centres of all time: Jeff Butterfield
Major teams: Northampton Country: England Test span: 1953-59 England caps: 28 (28 starts) Lions caps: 4 (4 starts) Test points: 27 (8T, 1DG) Jeff Butterfield was a stylish centre who…
The greatest scrum-halves of all time: Danie Craven
Major team: Western Province Country: South Africa Test span: 1931-38 Test caps: 16 (16 starts) Test points: 6 (2T) Danie Craven was such a towering figure in South African rugby…
The greatest scrum-halves of all time: Ken Catchpole
Major teams: Randwick, NSW Country: Australia Test span: 1961-68 Australia caps: 27 (27 starts) Test points: 9 (3T) He captained Australia on his Test debut and 12 other occasions, he…
The greatest scrum-halves of all time: Gary Armstrong
Major teams: Jed-Forest, Newcastle, Borders Country: Scotland Test span: 1988-99 Scotland caps: 51 (49 starts) Test points: 21 (5T) “Inside me at scrum-half I have one of the toughest players…
The greatest hookers of all time: Bismarck du Plessis
Major teams: Free State Cheetahs, Natal, Sharks, Montpellier Country: South Africa Test span: 2007-2015 South Africa caps 79 (50 starts) Test points: 55 (11T) Stuck behind the sizeable figure…
The greatest hookers of all time: Raphael Ibanez
Major teams: Dax, Perpignan, Castres, Saracens, Wasps Country: France Test span: 1996-2007 France caps: 98 (75 starts) Test points: 40 (8T) He took over the France captaincy at the start…
The greatest hookers of all time: Mario Ledesma
Major teams: Curupatyi, Narbonne, Castres, Clermont Country: Argentina Test span: 1996-2011 Argentina caps: 84 (67 starts) Test points: 15 (3 tries) Wallaby prop Sekope Kepu might seem an odd choice…
The greatest hookers of all time: Colin Deans
Major teams: Hawick Country: Scotland Test span: 1978-87 Scotland caps: 52 (52 starts) Test points: 10 (2T) Although Deans had much to celebrate in his career, he was denied the…
The greatest hookers of all time: Bryn Meredith
Major teams: London Welsh, Newport Country: Wales Test span: 1954-62 Wales caps: 34 (34 starts) Lions caps: 8 (8 starts) Test points: 12 (4T) Meredith had a long distinguished career…