Ad campaigns
Browse examples of previous ad campaigns that have featured across SmartFrame’s content network. Use the drop-down menus to select device type and ad format.
- Latest News
- Lions 2025
- Six Nations
- Premiership
- Women's Rugby
- Rugby Quizzes
- The Whistle
- more
Home / Rugby News / 100 greatest rugby players of all-time have been named – Jonny Wilkinson fourth
RUGBY NEWS
100 greatest rugby players of all-time have been named – Jonny Wilkinson fourth
The Independent has released it’s greatest 100 players in World Cup history, ranked according to our team of expert rugby writers.
It will come as no surprise to learn that the Pienaar, Wilkinson, and McCaw all feature high up the list.
Players from Georgia, Samoa, Argentina and beyond are also all included, and as the global expansion of rugby union continues, this list should get more diverse as the years go by.
Check out their full ranking below:
Get your tickets to the 2024 Six Nations matches at viagogo, the world’s leading ticket marketplacero
100 greatest rugby players (Rugby World Cup’s)
#100 – Michale Leitch (Japan)
#99 – Lewis Moody (England)
#98 – Ben Franks (New Zealand)
#97 – Diego Dominguez (Italy)
#96 – Toutai Kefu (Australia)
#95 – Va’aiga Tuigamala (Western Samoa/ New Zealand)
#94 – Sebastien Chabal (France)
#93 – Mamuka Gorgodze (Georgia)
#92 – Mickey Skinner (England)
#91 – Stephen Donald (New Zealand)
#90 – Takudza Ngwenya (USA)
#89 – Thierry Lacroix (France)
#88 – Karne Hesketh (Japan)
#87 – Andrew Sheridan (England)
#86 – Josh Lewsey (England)
#85 – Will Genia (Australia)
#84 – Will Greenwood (England)
#83 – Gavin Hastings (Scotland)
#82 – David Pocock (Australia)
#81 – Tendai Mtawarira (South Africa)
What you may have missed
What you may have missed
Most Recent NEws
Rugby Referee’s £39.3m Net Worth Makes Him the Richest Bloke in the Sport
26 February 2025 / Rugby Rucker
Rugby Referee’s £39.3m Net Worth Makes Him the Richest Bloke in the Sport
25 February 2025 / Rugby Rucker
King Charles has revealed what he really thinks about Mike Tindall
25 February 2025 / Rugby Rucker
Johnny Sexton damning verdict of Scotland fly-half Finn Russell
25 February 2025 / Rugby Rucker