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“Wilkinson at 5th” – Artificial Intelligence Picks the Top 10 Rugby Players of All Time

4. Dan Carter

  • 2x Rugby World Cup Champion (2011 and 2015)
  • 9x Tri Nations/ Rugby Championship Winner
  • British & Irish Lions Test Series Victory 2005
  • 3x Super Rugby Champion (Crusaders)
  • 2x Top 14 Champion (Perpignan and Racing 92)
  • Japan Top League Champion (2018 – Kobelco Steelers)
  • 3x IRB World Player of the Year
  • All Time Super Rugby Leading Points Scorer
  • All Time International Rugby Leading Point Scorer

3. Brian O’Driscoll

  • 2x Six Nations Champion
  • 2009 Six Nations Grand Slam
  • 3x Six Nations Player of the Year
  • Six Nations All Time Top Try Scorer (26 tries)
  • 4x British & Irish Lion
  • 4x Celtic League Winner (Leinster)
  • 3x Heineken Champions Cup Winner
  • European Challenge Cup Winner 2012/13

2. Jonah Lomu

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  • Considered to be one of the greatest athletes in the history of sport
  • Regarded as ‘Rugby Union’s biggest draw’
  • 1995 BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year
  • Youngest All Black to make a Test Debut (19 years old and 45 days)
  • 1995 Rugby World Cup Try of the Tournament
  • 1995 Rugby World Cup Runner Up
  • 2x Tri Nations Champion
  • Scored the Winning Try in the ‘Match of the Century’ (All Blacks v Australia 2000)
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1 Richie McCaw

JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA – OCTOBER 04: Richie McCaw of the All Blacks passes the ball during the Rugby Championship match between the South African Springboks and the New Zealand All Blacks at Ellis Park Stadium on October 4, 2014 in Johannesburg, South Africa. (Photo by David Rogers/Getty Images)
  • 2x Rugby World Cup Winner (2011 and 2015)
  • 10x Tri Nations/ Rugby Championship Winner
  • 4x Super Rugby Champion (Crusaders)
  • 6x Provincial Champion (Canterbury)
  • All Blacks Captain 2006 – 2015
  • Considered to be the Greatest Rugby player of All time
  • Considered as the Greatest All Blacks player of All time
  • Most Capped International (148 – Now surpassed by Alun Wyn Jones)
  • McCaw was appointed a member of New Zealand’s highest honour, the Order of New Zealand, in the 2016 New Year Honours.