- Richie McCaw
Richard Hugh "Richie" McCaw (born December 31 1980 in Oamaru) is a New Zealand rugby union player. He is the current captain of the All Blacks, playing as openside flanker. McCaw plays for Canterbury in the Air New Zealand Cup (formerly the National Provincial Championship, or NPC) and the Crusaders in Super Rugby. Richie is 6'1, and weighs 233 pounds.
- Gordon Brown
Gordon Lamont Brown (1 November 1947 - 19 March 2001) was a Scottish international rugby union footballer. He was inducted into the International Rugby Hall of Fame in 2001. Born in Troon, "Broon frae Troon", as he was affectionately known, played for West of Scotland, Scotland and the British Lions.
- Bryan Habana
Bryan Gary Habana (born 12 June 1983 in Benoni, Gauteng) is a South African rugby player who is a wing for the Blue Bulls in the Currie Cup, the Bulls in Super 14, and the Springboks internationally. He played outside centre and scrumhalf in provincial and age group rugby, but once he was moved to the wing a vast improvement was seen. Prior to his first year of Super Rugby he was selected into the South African Springbok side, …
- Brian Ashton
W. Brian Ashton (born 3 September 1946 in Leigh, Lancashire) is the current England national rugby union team's Head Coach, appointed 20 December 2006. He played as a. He never represented England - the closest he came was as an unused bench replacement on 15 March 1975 against Scotland. Brian Ashton is widely recognized as one of the finest backs coaches in world rugby.
- Ben Cohen
Ben Christopher Cohen MBE (born on the 14 September 1978 in Northampton) is a rugby union footballer who plays wing for Northampton Saints and England. Cohen is the 10th-highest point scorer in England Rugby History and second only to Rory Underwood in the list of all time England try scorers. Though his surname is typically Jewish, Cohen only has distant Jewish ancestry. “My family’s not Jewish,” he said in an interview on his official website, …
- Daniel Carter
Daniel William Carter (born 5 March 1982 in Christchurch, New Zealand) is a New Zealand rugby union footballer. He has currently scored a total of 610 test points (20 tries, 111 conversions, 95 penalties, 1 drop goal) in 39 tests, at the outstanding average of 15.6 points a game. The All Blacks have only lost 4 games that Carter has featured in since his debut in June 2003. He currently plays first five-eighths, having originally played second five-eighth.
- Stephen Jones
Stephen Michael Jones (born 8 December 1977 in Aberystwyth) is a Welsh rugby union footballer who plays at fly-half for Llanelli Scarlets and Wales. He has also played at Inside centre on various occasions.
- Phil Vickery
Philip John Vickery MBE (born 14 March 1976) is an English rugby union footballer who plays prop for Wasps and England, and was part of the England side that won the 2003 Rugby World Cup. He is currently England captain having taken over from Martin Corry The son of a farmer, Vickery was born in Barnstaple, Devon. Working on his father's cattle farm, he developed strength and became qualified as an artificial inseminator.
- Eddie Jones
Eddie Jones (born January 30 1960 in Burnie, Tasmania of a Japanese mother and an Australian father) is a rugby union coach and former player. He is the outgoing coach of the Queensland Reds and is expected to step down at the end of July 2007.
- Chris Latham
Chris Latham (born 8 September 1975) is an Australian rugby union player, who plays at full back for the Queensland Reds and Australia. He currently stands as the 2nd highest try scorer (behind David Campese) in Wallaby history with 31 international tries (155 points), as of June 2006.
- John Connolly
John "Knuckles" Connolly is a rugby union coach and the current head coach of the Wallabies. Connolly has in the past worked with the Queensland Reds, Stade Français, Swansea RFC as well as Bath Rugby.
- Gareth Thomas
Gareth "Alfie" Thomas (born 25 July 1974, Sarn nr. Bridgend) is a Welsh rugby union player who currently plays at fullback, wing or centre for Stade Toulousain and mainly as a fullback for Wales. On 26 May 2007, he surpassed Gareth Llewellyn as the most-capped Wales player with his 93rd appearance. He also holds the record for most tries for Wales, with 38. Despite his undoubted skill on the field, Thomas has a reputation for being unpredictable, …
- George Smith
George Smith (born 14 July 1980 in Manly, NSW) is an Australian rugby union player. He is a flanker for the Brumbies in Super 14. He has won 58 caps for the Australian national rugby union team since his test debut in 2000 against France in Paris.
- Michael Owen
Michael Owen (born 7 January 1980 in Pontypridd) is a Welsh rugby player. He plays for the Newport Gwent Dragons at club level and Wales internationally. Owen, who is 6'5" and 231 lb (1.96 m, 105 kg), most often plays Number 8, but is also versatile enough to play flanker or even lock. His ball handling is arguably his greatest asset. Michael Owen became the 1,000th player capped by Wales when he made his debut in the first Test against South Africa in June 2002.
- Matt Stevens
Matthew Stevens (born 1 October 1982 in Durban, South Africa) is a rugby union player, who plays at tighthead prop for Bath and England. He was educated at Kearsney College, South Africa. His early representative honours include Western Province, South African Universities and the Junior Springboks at Under 18 and Under 19 level. Matt joined Bath in September 2002.
- John Mitchell
John Eric Paul Mitchell, was born on 23 March 1964 in Hawera, New Zealand. A noted rugby union player and coach for the New Zealand All Blacks, Mitchell's rugby career blossomed with the club side Fraser-Tech after he moved from King Country in 1984 and was soon elected Waikato Colts captain. As a pupil at New Plymouth's Francis Douglas Memorial College he made the first XV and he was a member of the NZ secondary schools basketball team from 1981-83.
- James Hook
James Hook or "Hooky" as he is nicknamed (born 27 June 1985) is a Welsh rugby union footballer, who plays for the Ospreys. Hook is widely regarded as one of the most talented young players in world rugby, and recently was acknowledged as the most promising young player in Wales. It is widely believed that Hook will go on to become the regular fly-half for Wales and could one day be one of rugby's greatest ever players.
- Tony Woodcock
Tony Dale Woodcock (born 27 January 1981 in Helensville, New Zealand) is a rugby union player who plays for North Harbour in the Air New Zealand Cup and for the Blues in the Super 14. He plays for North Harbour Marist in the North Harbour premier competition. He has played for the All Blacks since 2002 and has played 27 tests. His position is loosehead prop. Woodcock has a reputation for playing as much rugby as he possibly can.
- Wayne Smith
Wayne Ross Smith (born 19 April 1957 in Putaruru, New Zealand) is a former rugby union footballer, and currently a rugby union coach. He is currently the backs coach for New Zealand's national rugby union team the All Blacks. He played provincial rugby for Canterbury and became an All Black in 1980. He played first five-eight, gaining 35 caps for the All Blacks, 17 of those Tests. His first major coaching position was for the Crusaders in the Super 12 in 1997.
- Tom Rees
Thomas Rees (born 11 September 1984 in London) to John and Liz Rees and older brother of Daniel and David Rees. Thomas is a rugby union footballer who plays flanker for London Wasps and has represented England at U16, U18, U19, U21 and sevens. Rees started rugby at Harriet Costello Secondary School in 1996 where he got introduced to rugby, he also joined the youth team at Basingstoke RFC the following year. Under the guidance of Andy Bloodworth and Dave Luff, …
- Jason White
Jason Phillip Randall White (born 17 April 1978 in Edinburgh) is a Scottish rugby union footballer. He is a utility forward who can play any position in the second or back row of the scrum-lock, flanker, or Number 8. White plays at club level for Premiership-side Sale Sharks and is captain of the Scottish national team, and is renowned as one of the hardest hitting tacklers in international rugby.
- Steve Thompson
Steve Thompson MBE (formerly Steve Walters; born 15 July 1978 in Hemel Hempstead) was a rugby union player who played at hooker for Northampton Saints. Steve Thompson is regarded by some as England's finest ever hooker, and is certainly England’s biggest. At 6'3" and 18 stone he is larger than the average hooker but he is also very fast and an excellent ball carrier. He is, however, perceived to be weak at throwing the ball in at line-outs.
- Brian Moore
Brian Moore (born January 11 1962) is a former English rugby union footballer. He played as a hooker. During his career, he played for Harlequins, Nottingham, Leeds and Richmond and represented England on international level. He is a solicitor by profession but ironically was known for his combative style of play on the rugby field. This style of play earned him the nickname "pit bull". He won a total of 64 caps between 1987 and 1995.
- Andy Goode
Andrew James Goode (born 3 April 1980 in Coventry) is a rugby union footballer who plays fly-half (and occasionally fullback) for Leicester Tigers and England. Goode's main strengths are his goal kicking, and he also controls the game tactically very astutely from fly half. Goode attended King Henry VIII School in Coventry and Bromsgrove School in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire. He started playing rugby union at the age of five at Barkers Butts, before moving to Nuneaton at 12.
- Keith Robinson
Keith Robinson (born 14 December 1976 in Te Aroha, New Zealand) is a New Zealand Rugby Union footballer. His usual position is at lock.He was selected into the 2006 All Blacks after making a remarkable comeback from a serious back injury. He last played against the Pacific Islanders in 2004 before making a comeback in the 2006 Autumn internationals. He made his Test debut on the All Blacks end-of-year tour in 2002 but, after three Tests, …
- Mike Brown
Mike Brown (born September_4 1985) is an English Rugby Union player. He usually plays at Fullback for Harlequins. Brown made his First XV debut for Quins during the 2005/06 season, scoring a try on debut in the pre-season friendly against London Irish on August_12 2005. He was part of the England Under 21 team that won the 2006 Six Nations Grand Slam and also competed in the Under 21 World Championships later that year.
- John Kirwan
John James Patrick Kirwan ONZM MBE (born 16 December 1964) is a New Zealand born rugby union footballer turned coach. Kirwan, who played as at wing, played 96 times (including 63 test matches) as an All Black from 1984 until 1994. He played rugby league for two seasons in the ARL (Australian Rugby League Premiership) for the Auckland Warriors before finishing his playing career with the NEC club in Japan.
- David Smith
David Smith is a rugby union footballer who plays at wing for Northampton Saints and England Sevens.
- John Leslie
John Andrew Leslie (born 25 November 1970 in Lower Hutt, New Zealand) is a former rugby union footballer who played at for Scotland. He is the elder son of Andy Leslie the great All Blacks captain and the brother of Martin Leslie who also played for Scotland. John played more than 120 games for Otago and 32 for the Highlanders in the Super 12. He led Otago to the National Provincial Championship tilte in 1998.
- Rhys Thomas
Rhys Thomas was a Welsh rugby player. Thomas was a flanker for Llanelli RFC of the Welsh Rugby Union in the 1920s. Although he was rated unlucky never to earn a cap for Wales, he participated in the club's victory over the 1926-27 Māori and in the match against the 1927-28 Australian Waratahs side.
- David Humphreys
David Humphreys MBE (born 10 September 1971 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is an Irish rugby union footballer who plays fly-half for Ulster. He won 72 caps for Ireland. Humphreys was educated at Ballymena Academy, the Queen's University of Belfast and Oxford University. Humphreys has represented Ireland at A, U21 and schools levels and has also been capped for the Barbarians. He led the Ireland Schools' side to the Triple Crown back in 1992 when he was at Ballymena Academy.
- Alan Smith
Alan Edward Smith, All Black lock, was born on December 10, 1942, in Stratford, New Zealand. He was born into a farming family in Douglas, a small settlement east of Stratford, and received his secondary education at Stratford Technical College. Smith's father, E C Smith, represented Taranaki from 1936-39, and his uncle, John (Jack) Walter, was a 1925 All Black. Coming from such a strong rugby heritage Smith didn't take long to impress, …
- Mark Jones
Mark Anthony Jones (born 7 November 1979 in Builth Wells) is a Welsh rugby union footballer who plays on the wing for Llanelli Scarlets and Wales. Since making his international debut for Wales against England in 2001, he has won 23 caps for Wales and has scored 10 tries.
- Gareth Davies
Gareth Davies is a rugby union player for Dudley Kingswinford Rugby Football Club. He has captained the Wales under-21s. He is currently a P.E. teacher at Ridgewood High School. At DK he currently plays as inside centre.
- Serge Blanco
Serge Blanco (born 31 August 1958 in Caracas, Venezuela) is a former rugby union footballer who played for Biarritz Olympique and France, gaining 93 caps, 81 at fullback. His alternative position was. He was born in the Venezuelan capital Caracas but brought up in France. He famously smoked 60 cigarettes a day throughout his career. Blanco made his French debut against South Africa at Newlands in 8 November 1980. The French lost 37-15.
- Julian Huxley
Julian Huxley (born 3 August, 1979 in Sydney) is an Australian rugby union footballer. Playing for a Lindfield club in his youth, Huxley was educated at The King's School, Sydney and went on to play for the Wests club side. Huxley has previously appeared for the under-19, under-21 and 'A' Australia sides, he also played for the Australian sevens team at one point. Huxley made his Super 12 (now, Super 14) debut against the ACT Brumbies in 2003 for the Queensland Reds.
- Stephen Moore
Stephen Moore (born 20 January, 1983 is an Australian rugby union footballer. Althoug he was born in Saudi Arabia to Irish parents, Stephen and his family moved back to Galway, Ireland in the mid-eighties before they emigrated to Mount Morgan, Queensland, Australia in 1988. His family later moved to Rockhampton, before finally settling in Brisbane. Stephen plays club rugby for the Queensland Reds, who play in the international Super 14 tournament.
- Mike Phillips
Michael Phillips (born 29 August 1982 in Carmarthen) is a rugby union footballer who plays for Cardiff Blues and has represented Wales.
- Craig Smith
Craig James Smith (born 30 August, 1978) is a professional rugby player for Edinburgh Rugby in Scotland, he is one of Edinburgh's most experienced players.
- Kevin O'Neill
Kevin John O'Neill (born 24 February 1982 in Te Aroha, New Zealand) is a rugby union player who plays for Canterbury in the Air New Zealand Cup. His position is lock.