List of footballers (rugby union) 466399 222313229 2008-06-28T17:43:58Z TerriersFan 1611404 sorted list - rm red links for a list of the most notable players, articles should be created first This is a list of some notable [[Rugby union]] players. For a list of players sorted by country see [[List of footballers (Rugby Union) by country]]. *[[Diego Albanese]] - {{flagicon|Argentina}} Argentina *[[Rob Andrew]] - {{flagicon|England}} England *[[Lisandro Arbizu]] - {{flagicon|Argentina}} Argentina *[[Neil Back]] - {{flagicon|England}} England *[[Bill Beaumont]] - {{flagicon|England}} England *[[Dewi Bebb]] - {{flagicon|Wales}} Wales *[[Abdelatif Benazzi]] - {{flagicon|France}} France *[[Phil Bennett]] - {{flagicon|Wales}} Wales *[[Mauro Bergamasco]] - {{flagicon|Italy}} Italy *[[Mirco Bergamasco]] - {{flagicon|Italy}} Italy *[[Serge Betsen]] - {{flagicon|France}} France *[[Todd Blackadder]] - {{flagicon|New Zealand}} New Zealand *[[Serge Blanco]] - {{flagicon|France}} France *[[Bakkies Botha]] - {{flagicon|South Africa}} South Africa *[[Naas Botha]] - {{flagicon|South Africa}} South Africa *[[Gabriel Brezoianu]] - {{flagicon|Romania}} Romania *[[Gordon Bulloch]] - {{flagicon|Scotland}} Scotland *[[Schalk Burger]] - {{flagicon|South Africa}} South Africa *[[Matt Burke]] - {{flagicon|Australia}} Australia *[[Shane Byrne]] - {{flagicon|Ireland}} Ireland *[[Ray Cale]] - {{flagicon|Wales}} Wales *[[David Campese]] - {{flagicon|Australia}} Australia *[[Will Carling]] - {{flagicon|England}} England *[[Daniel Carter (rugby player)|Daniel Carter]] - {{flagicon|New Zealand}} New Zealand *[[Thomas Castaignède]] - {{flagicon|France}} France *[[Rupeni Caucaunibuca]] - {{flagicon|Fiji}} Fiji *[[Al Charron]] - {{flagicon|Canada}} Canada *[[Carlo Checchinato]] - {{flagicon|Italy}} Italy *[[Don Clarke]] - {{flagicon|New Zealand}} New Zealand *[[Jerry Collins]] - {{flagicon|New Zealand}} New Zealand *[[Felipe Contepomi]] - {{flagicon|Argentina}} Argentina *[[Danie Craven]] - {{flagicon|South Africa}} South Africa *[[Christian Cullen]] - {{flagicon|New Zealand}} New Zealand *[[Lawrence Dallaglio]] - {{flagicon|England}} England *[[Gordon D'Arcy]] - {{flagicon|Ireland}} Ireland *[[Gerald Davies]] - {{flagicon|Wales}} Wales *[[Jonathan Davies]] - {{flagicon|Wales}} Wales *[[Mervyn Davies]] - {{flagicon|Wales}} Wales *[[John Dawes]] - {{flagicon|Wales}} Wales *[[Matt Dawson]] - {{flagicon|England}} England *[[Jean de Villiers]] - {{flagicon|South Africa}} South Africa *[[Diego Dominguez]] - {{flagicon|Argentina}} Argentina and {{flagicon|Italy}} Italy *[[Mick Doyle (rugby player)|Mick Doyle]] - {{flagicon|Ireland}} Ireland *[[Morne du Plessis]] - {{flagicon|South Africa}} South Africa *[[Frik du Preez]] - {{flagicon|South Africa}} South Africa *[[Os du Randt]] - {{flagicon|South Africa}} South Africa *[[John Eales]] - {{flagicon|Australia}} Australia *[[Gareth Edwards]] - {{flagicon|Wales}} Wales *[[Mark Ella]] - {{flagicon|Australia}} Australia *[[Harry Ellis]] - {{flagicon|England}} England *[[Ieuan Evans]] - {{flagicon|Wales}} Wales *[[Nick Farr-Jones]] - {{flagicon|Australia}} Australia *[[Sean Fitzpatrick]] - {{flagicon|New Zealand}} New Zealand *[[Elton Flatley]] - {{flagicon|Australia}} Australia *[[Jacques Fouroux]] - {{flagicon|France}} France *[[Grant Fox]] - {{flagicon|New Zealand}} New Zealand *[[Rhys Gabe]] - {{flagicon|Wales}} Wales *[[Fabien Galthié]] - {{flagicon|France}} France *[[Scott Gibbs]] - {{flagicon|Wales}} Wales *[[Mike Gibson]] - {{flagicon|Ireland}} Ireland *[[Romeo Gontineac]] - {{flagicon|Romania}} Romania *[[Arthur Gould (rugby player)|Arthur "Monkey" Gould]] - {{flagicon|Wales}} Wales *[[Will Greenwood]] - {{flagicon|England}} England *[[George Gregan]] - {{flagicon|Australia}} Australia *[[Stuart Grimes]] - {{flagicon|Scotland}} Scotland *[[Bryan Habana]] - {{flagicon|South Africa}} South Africa *[[Imanol Harinordoquy]] - {{flagicon|France}} France *[[Mike Harrison (rugby player)|Mike Harrison]] - {{flagicon|England}} England *[[Gavin Hastings]] - {{flagicon|Scotland}} Scotland *[[Bruce Hay]] - {{flagicon|Scotland}} Scotland *[[Rob Henderson]] - {{flagicon|Ireland}} Ireland *[[Nigel Heslop]] - {{flagicon|England}} England *[[Richard Hill (flanker)|Richard Hill]] - {{flagicon|England}} England *[[Tim Horan]] - {{flagicon|Australia}} Australia *[[Doug Howlett]] - {{flagicon|New Zealand}} New Zealand *[[Robert Howley]] - {{flagicon|Wales}} Wales *[[Raphaël Ibañez]] - {{flagicon|France}} France *[[Chris Jack]] - {{flagicon|New Zealand}} New Zealand *[[Peter Jackson (rugby)|Peter Jackson]] - {{flagicon|England}} England *[[Carwyn James]] - {{flagicon|Wales}} Wales *[[Mike James (rugby)|Mike James]] - {{flagicon|Canada}} Canada *[[Neil Jenkins]] - {{flagicon|Wales}} Wales *[[Barry John]] - {{flagicon|Wales}} Wales *[[Martin Johnson]] - {{flagicon|England}} England *[[Michael Niko Jones|Michael Jones]] - {{flagicon|New Zealand}} New Zealand *[[Robert Jones (rugby player)|Robert Jones]] - {{flagicon|Wales}} Wales *[[Marius Joubert]] - {{flagicon|South Africa}} South Africa *[[Josh Kronfeld]] - {{flagicon|New Zealand}} New Zealand *[[Stephen Larkham]] - {{flagicon|Australia}} Australia *[[Chris Latham (rugby player)|Chris Latham]]- {{flagicon|Australia}} Australia *[[Jason Leonard]] - {{flagicon|England}} England *[[Josh Lewsey]] - {{flagicon|England}} England *[[Jason Little (rugby player)|Jason Little]] - {{flagicon|Australia}} Australia *[[Gareth Llewellyn]] - {{flagicon|Wales}} Wales *[[Kenny Logan]] - {{flagicon|Scotland}} Scotland *[[Jonah Lomu]] - {{flagicon|New Zealand}} New Zealand *[[Adrian Lungu]] - {{flagicon|Romania}} Romania *[[Dan Lyle]] - {{flagicon|USA}} USA *[[Michael Lynagh]] - {{flagicon|Australia}} Australia *[[Kevin Maggs]] - {{flagicon|Ireland}} Ireland *[[Olivier Magne]] - {{flagicon|France}} France *[[Rolando Martin]] - {{flagicon|Argentina}} Argentina *[[Victor Matfield]] - {{flagicon|South Africa}} South Africa *[[Willie John McBride]] - {{flagicon|Ireland}} Ireland *[[Richie McCaw]] - {{flagicon|New Zealand}} New Zealand *[[Eoin McDowell]] - {{flagicon|Ireland}} Ireland *[[Colin Meads]] - {{flagicon|New Zealand}} New Zealand *[[Stanley Meads|Stan Meads]] - {{flagicon|New Zealand}} New Zealand *[[Andrew Mehrtens]] - {{flagicon|New Zealand}} New Zealand *[[Federico Mendez]] - {{flagicon|Argentina}} Argentina *[[Bryn Meredith]] - {{flagicon|Wales}} Wales *[[Frédéric Michalak]] - {{flagicon|France}} France *[[Percy Montgomery]] - {{flagicon|South Africa}} South Africa *[[Brian Moore (rugby player)|Brian Moore]] - {{flagicon|England}} England *[[Cliff Morgan]] - {{flagicon|Wales}} Wales *[[Stirling Mortlock]] - {{flagicon|Australia}} Australia *[[Mils Muliaina]] - {{flagicon|New Zealand}} New Zealand *[[Geordan Murphy]] - {{flagicon|Ireland}} Ireland *[[Gwyn Nicholls]] - {{flagicon|Wales}} Wales *[[Patricio Noriega]] - {{flagicon|Argentina}} Argentina and {{flagicon|Australia}} Australia *[[Prince Alexander Obolensky]] - {{flagicon|England}} England *[[Paul O'Connell]] - {{flagicon|Ireland}} Ireland *[[Brian O'Driscoll]] - {{flagicon|Ireland}} Ireland *[[Ronan O'Gara]] - {{flagicon|Ireland}} Ireland *[[Malcolm O'Kelly]] - {{flagicon|Ireland}} Ireland *[[Chris Paterson]] - {{flagicon|Scotland}} Scotland *[[Breyton Paulse]] - {{flagicon|South Africa}} South Africa *[[Fabien Pelous]] - {{flagicon|France}} France *[[Agustín Pichot]] - {{flagicon|Argentina}} Argentina *[[Francois Pienaar]] - {{flagicon|South Africa}} South Africa *[[Hugo Porta]] - {{flagicon|Argentina}} Argentina *[[Graham Price]] - {{flagicon|Wales}} Wales *[[Scott Quinnell]] - {{flagicon|Wales}} Wales *[[Seru Rabeni]] - {{flagicon|Fiji}} Fiji *[[Gareth Rees (rugby player)|Gareth Rees]] - {{flagicon|Canada}} Canada *[[Jean-Pierre Rives]] - {{flagicon|France}} France *[[Jason Robinson]] - {{flagicon|England}} England *[[Joe Roff]] - {{flagicon|Australia}} Australia *[[Mat Rogers]] - {{flagicon|Australia}} Australia *[[Joe Rokocoko]] - {{flagicon|New Zealand}} New Zealand *[[Mannetjies Roux]] - {{flagicon|South Africa}} South Africa *[[Clive Rowlands]] - {{flagicon|Wales}} Wales *[[Philippe Sella]] - {{flagicon|France}} France *[[Waisale Serevi]] - {{flagicon|Fiji}} Fiji *[[Wayne Shelford]] - {{flagicon|New Zealand}} New Zealand *[[Bobby Skinstad]] - {{flagicon|South Africa}} South Africa *[[John Smit]] - {{flagicon|South Africa}} South Africa *[[George Smith (rugby player)|George Smith]] - {{flagicon|Australia}} Australia *[[Rod Snow]] - {{flagicon|Canada}} Canada *[[Carlos Spencer]] - {{flagicon|New Zealand}} New Zealand *[[Pedro Sporleder]] - {{flagicon|Argentina}} Argentina *[[Joel Stransky]] - {{flagicon|South Africa}} South Africa *[[Haydn Tanner]] - {{flagicon|Wales}} Wales *[[John Taylor (rugby player)|John Taylor]] - {{flagicon|Wales}} Wales *[[Gary Teichmann]] - {{flagicon|South Africa}} South Africa *[[Delme Thomas]] - {{flagicon|Wales}} Wales *[[Watcyn Thomas]] - {{flagicon|Wales}} Wales *[[Reuben Thorne]] - {{flagicon|New Zealand}} New Zealand *[[Errol Tobias]] - {{flagicon|South Africa}} South Africa *[[Max Nicholson]] - {{flagicon|Australia}} Australia *[[Gregor Townsend]] - {{flagicon|Scotland}} Scotland *[[Alessandro Troncon]] - {{flagicon|Italy}} Italy *[[Lote Tuqiri]] - {{flagicon|Australia}} Australia *[[Tana Umaga]] - {{flagicon|New Zealand}} New Zealand *[[Rory Underwood]] - {{flagicon|England}} England *[[David Watkins (Welsh rugby player)|David Watkins]] - {{flagicon|Wales}} Wales *[[Joe van Niekerk]] - {{flagicon|South Africa}} South Africa *[[Joost van der Westhuizen]] - {{flagicon|South Africa}} South Africa *[[Jaco van der Westhuyzen]] - {{flagicon|South Africa}} South Africa *[[Jonny Wilkinson]] - {{flagicon|England}} England *[[Chester Williams]] - {{flagicon|South Africa}} South Africa *[[Bleddyn Williams]] - {{flagicon|Wales}} Wales *[[J.J. Williams]] - {{flagicon|Wales}} Wales *[[JPR Williams]] - {{flagicon|Wales}} Wales *[[R.H. Williams|R.H. (Rhys) Williams]] - {{flagicon|Wales}} Wales *[[Jeff Wilson (sportsman)|Jeff Wilson]] - {{flagicon|New Zealand}} New Zealand *[[Bobby Windsor]] - {{flagicon|Wales}} Wales *[[Keith Wood]] - {{flagicon|Ireland}} Ireland *[[Wilfred Wooller]] - {{flagicon|Wales}} Wales *[[Dimitri Yachvili]] - {{flagicon|France}} France *[[Dai Young]] - {{flagicon|Wales}} Wales *[[Jeff Young (rugby player)|Jeff Young]] - {{flagicon|Wales}} Wales ==References== {{reflist}} ==See also== * [[List of footballers (Rugby Union) by country]] * [[International Rugby Hall of Fame]] [[Category:Lists of sportspeople|Footballers (Rugby Union)]] [[Category:Rugby union related lists]] [[Category:Rugby union footballers]]