Legendary Players & Captains
27 entries in the Six Nations Rugby compendium.
Legendary Players & Captains — Era Chart
Johnny SextonIrish rugby legend and record points scorerZinzan BrookeThe All Blacks number eight who kicked a 48-metre drop goal at the 1995 Rugby World Cup.Matt DawsonScrum-half legend, World Cup winner, and media personality.Nigel MelvilleFormer England scrum half and captain, now Director of Professional Rugby for the RFU.Ronan O'GaraIreland's third most-capped player and second highest points scorer, who kicked the match-Gareth EdwardsThe greatest player ever to don a Welsh jerseyTomás O'LearyIrish scrum-half who won Heineken Cups with Munster and a Grand Slam with Ireland.Willie John McBrideWillie John McBride: legendary Irish lock and Lions captain, known for physicality, leaderBrian MooreThe Professor of the backline: Ireland's most brilliant No. 10 and a Five Nations legend.Jonny WilkinsonThe left boot that turned England's tightest Six Nations matches into stories told for a gMartin JohnsonThe hair, the hammer, the captaincy — England's most feared lock in Six Nations history.Brian O'DriscollThe fullback whose kick and run made Ireland's Grand Slams feel inevitable.Shane WilliamsThe fastest man in the tournament, and the reason the whole stadium stood up at once.Gerald DaviesA Cardiff flanker whose name still echoes through the red-shirted halls of Five Nations hiJason RobinsonThe fastest thought in a blue shirt — Robbo didn't beat defenders, he made them question rPaul O'ConnellThe engine that never stopped, the captain who never flinched, the flanker Ireland built iJPR WilliamsThe lock who made the ground tremble and the Five Nations bow.Thierry DusautoirThe iron flanker who carried France's back row and a nation's pride through a golden Six NPeter WinterbottomThe scrum-half who made England's backline run like a storm front.Phil GreeningThe backline's unsung engine: Greening built England's Six Nations defence one relentless Martin CorryThe winger who made Scotland's 2025 Six Nations feel like a speedball on steroids.Marty MorrisseyThe back-rower who made the ruck a war zone and the Irish crowd roar.Philippe SellaThe wall that made the French scrum an instrument of fear.Gareth ThomasOne man, one ruck, one terrifying thought: he's still coming.Ollie LawrenceThe youngest armband in a generation, and the fastest reason Wales fans stand up at the saScott MurrayThe man who carried the weight of a nation on his shoulders and never once asked for it seNeil JenkinsThe long-armed titan who made the 1995 Grand Slam feel inevitable.
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