20 Hardest Rugby Players Of All Time

I thought this video would be something to watch.......what a disappointment! It's not even remotely accurate. Missing are the benchmark Pacific Islanders!

Chabal- the Jonah Lomu of Europe

Henry tuilagi ate chabal and burger!😮

1 name....Henry the butcher tuilagi😮

Sébastien Chabal was a beast 🔥 🔥 ....strange not to see the Tuilagi brothers and Eben Etzebeth on the list .

wheres the greatest hitter , mr world cup. the chiropractor ffs. bs list

Jerry Collins could only go high.

None of the Tuilagis? Not even a single Islander? what a disappointing list, if you even want to call it that

Gorgodze should be higher

i really enjoyed the part with lomu in it...

Nice to see Mcbride and Meades on the list - there was a guy who kept both of them in check in that era - He is Frik du Preez......

The whole Skinner thing was the result of the All Blacks losing the '37 series and getting whitewashed 4 -0 in '49. Prior to this test the series was in the balance at 1 test each, and the SA forwards dominating. New Zealand HAD to win the series in 1956, come hell or high water! Well, they chose to cheat....

As per Don Clark in the interview here, Jaap Bekker put him down in the scrum twice, confirming superior scrummaging power, before, as Skinner claims, he had to "sort" him out. He even switched sides to get to Chris Koch and punched some of the other forwards in the line-outs. His behaviour sparked the violence that resulted during the whole test, including what happened to Tiny White. Scrummaging and line-outs, where physical prowess can bring dominance, are part and parcel of the game - punching, or attacking players are not!

Why was Skinner not selected for the first wo tests? Maybe because he wasn't good enough as a straight forward rugby player - or maybe because he had other skills? He was available - he was selected with specific instructions.

And then Skinner had the audacity to hand his All Black tie back in objection to the selection of Richard Loe because of his dirty play.....Funny man!

Hard and dirty play are two diffrent things and should never be confused.

The All Blacks seem to have a history to cheat in order to get the desired result.
In 1981 the situation was the same as in 1956 - 16 years since a last series victory against SA in 1965, having lost in 1970 (ending tha All Blacks all conquering 5 year run)and 1976.

The same thing happened in 1981 when Fraser attacked Gysie Pienaar in the first test which they won narrowly, to be annhialated in the second test, and then RESCUED in the final test by a lunatic referee.

With the scores being equal - the clown did the following: he played 12 minutes extra time, changed an SA scrum feed to a free kick to the All Blacks, then the free kick to penalty, which was converted, and blew the final whistle! Unfortunately the results are in the books.

Not the type of bragging rights one should aspire to

Nice, but where is Olivier Merle, the man and half , the Massif Central ???

Steve Fenwick. Scary as.

A ridiculous list. It shows how they are unaware of South American rugby by not mentioning the greatest fly half of all time: The great Hugo Porta, mentioned as the best in the world on 4 occasions

supercool

OMG Alain Esteve & Michel Palmie so terific players !

What about Brian Lima?

Ehh how come we didn't see Rocky Elsom this is a joke!

TESTOSTERONE PRIDE 100%

No Jean-Pierre Rives? I'd definitely have him ahead of Cheater

Chabal eats all them for breakfast, then shits out their bones, then eats their bones for lunch. vive Chabal................

😂 all these tackles was ball and man together. No best or hardest rugby players. I can name a couple all over rugby country in the world that will be better..... and harder. No protection...... rugby is the hardest sport ever. Love rugby.

Frik du Preez 1938 (Sringboks), Jona Lomo (All Blacks)!

Collins leading with the shoulder every time!

I know, it's impossible remember every great players in 20 name. But Jonah Lomu (196 cm, 120 kg, 100m in 10.70s) isn't a classic dancer. I remember 5 Wales players cutted down as ninepins. Forgot Lomu talking about beast of rugby is as talking about football palyers and forget Maradona.

Now just add a bunch of dudes on roids lol. Looks funny seeing these old videos with skinny dudes

😂😂😂😂😂😂 and u to old now. Enjoy ur youg men mam....

Shes rude....

Imagine not having Paddy mayne as number 1 😂. Even Buck would shit his grits. Only one who would give him a good go is Cholley and he loses.

Back in the 50s rh williams was considered by the new zealand public as the greatest forward to visit their shores. Colin meades said he was one of the toughest men he came across

Buck Shelford / Colin Meads / Richie McCaw- Legends RIP Jerry Collins

Bakkies at 11th? Wtf

My all-time favorites: Bakkies Botha, Chabal and Eben Etzebeth. They all were/are intimidating as hell!

For a fly half, Wilkinson never shied away from a tackle, and was never scared to go into rucks. Ill throw a left ball out here and given his size and stature, Nigel Owens ruled the pitch. You could probably add Winterbottom to the list.

Howcome these queenies only whine when they lose. They got away with SEVERAL FORWARD PASSES.

Holy shit, I got goosebumps seeing all these players around early 2000's! I totally forgot about them, like Martin Johnson, Jerry Collins, Spencer, Lewis Moody and so on.. What a great time for Rugby that was! I dont think we've had that calibre ever since sadly. Fuck, goosebumps just typing this out 🤣 Love from South Africa!

Jerry Collins is a shotgun brought to a pistol duel

jonah Lomu ?

Gotta laugh , as if one could ever pick the hardest

U write something if he's from earop

Sebastien without a shirt holy cow😮😍💥

Wayne BUCK Shelford is the hardest man to ever put on a rugby jersey, make chabal look like a school girl.

Cholley looked like a proper hard man, tough guy bouncer. He would be very intimidating minding a club. Him and Lenny McLean together would mean that there would be no trouble 😂

Not the best Top 20. but is okay!

Finlay Calder British Lions Captain. Pretty hard dude.

Courtney laws deserves a mention , but the real tough guys, Buck Shelford, Winters , Chaball , jacques Burger

Getting tackled by Jerry Collin’s was like kissing a freight train. He was a monster slayer, the only one in this lineup that has a hit against another player on this list (Chabal). In most of his highlights the players go backwards despite their size or pace going into the tackle. For ever the greatest 6 of all times for me and paved the way for another ‘hard man’ missing from this list - Jerome Kaino

Jerome Kaino missing from this list imo