The Rugby World Rankings Thread

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De Klerk only really doing it for two seasons. Heā€™s a great player too. Murray was very good for a long period of time.

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So were genia and aaron smith.

I suppose they had to have someone from the northern hemisphere and murray and bod were definitely the best

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No Welsh man in the front row is a scandal

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Never rated Smith as highly as other. Genia was very inconsistent. I wouldnā€™t have him in the conversation.

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Warburton was unlucky.

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Yeah. He had a really bad world cup one of the years for penalties didnā€™t he.

Adam Jones is one of the best tight heads of all time

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The beast is criminally overrated and hardly did his best propping this decade. BOD was finished by 2012 as the Bod we knew. Itoje should be in there somewhere

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Parisse is a token effort.

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Murray. :grinning:

Itā€™s like giving a fella from the Joe McDonagh an All Star.

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He was the best scrum half in the northern hemisphere by a country mile

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I think thatā€™s what @PhattPike just said.

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I wouldnā€™t quibble too much with Murray, he kicks too much for my liking and Iā€™d prefer Will Genia as a 9 personally but Murray was a world class performer for a few years.

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youā€™re right about that
i find provincial rugby and the 6 nations to be a load of nonsense like most knowledgeable followers of the ā€œsportā€ but I 100% am aligned with you on the concept of the British Lions and the prestiege associaetd to it from a sporting perspective.
One of the best sporting contests i ever witnessed was in June 2009 when we were in the Q for the Saturdayā€™s play of Wimbledon, we joined the orderly quese at 10am, received our tickets and moved slowly through wimbledon common as we reached the gates- at 1-30pm a few of us went on a booze/food./paper run and ended up with 24 stella on the steps of a pub watching the second test in Loftus Versfeld ā€¦ what a contest that was, it was incredible and i was happy that Afrikaaners led by Schalk Burger got there over Ronan O Gara and the British Lionsā€¦ at one stage Bakkies Botha smashed that horrible imbecile Alan Jones so badly i though he had smashed his shoulder

brian O driscoll was the only one of the her majestyā€™s irishmen who stood up that day. this was epic

look how far Jamie roberts bounces off Pierre Spies in the beginning of the clip

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Iā€™ve only just noticed they have North in this thing. :grinning:

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What a night for Irish rugby

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Genia was brilliant for 2/3 seasons with wallabies and Reds but was average for a long time. Murray better over the full decade.

Aaron Smith Iā€™d have had ahead of him tho. Consistently offered more threat.

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To not get in ahead of McCaw or Pocock?

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Unlucky to be in the same position as mccaw. Warburton was outstanding at times particularly on lions tours and in World Cups.

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BOD did his best work in the previous decade. Was a de facto flanker in the 2010s. Conrad Smith should be 13