Bettor.Com, ‘Rugby’s Test Team of the Decade’ (Part 2)
Position: Second Five-Eight
Player: Yannick Jauzion
Country: France
Yannick Jauzion, who plays on the position of second five-eight, is the key player behind France’s recent achievements. His large physical built with speed, makes him a superb line breaker. He has the natural ability of breaking tackles and crashing ball,
which definitely makes him the best available player for the position of second five-eight. Due to his high qualities, he deserves to be the player of the decade for the position of second five-eight.
No rugby fan can ever miss his performance in his debut match, when France defeated South Africa 32-23 back in 2001.
32 years old, Castres born Jauzion has played 68 test matches for France and he has scored 103 points during his test career.
Position: First Five-Eight
Player: Dan Carter
Country: New Zealand
Daniel William Carter, who used to play on different positions including inside centre and full back, is mainly known due to his high class performance on the position of first five-eight. His high class performance on this position makes him best player
of the decade for this position.
28 years old player was born in South Bridge in 1982. He started playing domestic rugby from year 2002, when he was selected for Canterbury. He made his international debut at the age of 21 in Hamilton and scored 20 points in his first match. He first gained
international attention when he was selected in the New Zealand squad for the 2003 world cup, where he performed well. He has played 74 tests for New Zealand and has scored 1118 points with the average of 15 points in a match, which makes him the highest average
player who have scored more than 500 test points. New Zealand only lost 8 matches during his presence in 74 matches.
He has received many awards during his career so far and main one came in 2005, when he was declared IBP player of the year. French clubs Stade Toulousain and Rc Toulonnais offered him highest amount contract in the history of rugby in 2008 which he didn’t
accepted. In mid 2008, he signed a six month contract with a French club Perpigan, who then paid him 30,000 GBP per game.
Position: Half Back
Player: Fourie Du Preez
Country: South Africa
Petrus Fourie Du Preez is considered the best player in the rugby union, which automatically makes him the best player for the position of half back. 28 years old player was born in South African city Pretoria. He started his domestic career in 2001 when
he played for Blue Bulls, in the match against Leopards. His remarkable performance in domestic took him in national side when he was selected for the match against Ireland in 2003. Since that time, he has played 56 matches for the South African national side
and scored 65 scores in his career by latest.
He achieved many awards in his career. He was declared South Africa rugby player of the year in 2006. He was also nominated for the IRB player of the year in 2006.
Position: No 8
Player: Lawrence Dallaglio
Country: England
Former English captain Lorenzo Bruno Nero Dallaglio is one of the best players in the history of rugby, which rugby fans have seen. He used to play at the position of Flanker or Number Eight. His performance at the position of number eight surely made him
the best player of the decade for this position.
He is one of the few players, who only played for one club during their entire career. The 38 year old player was born in London and first started playing rugby at school level, he started his domestic career in 1990 for London Wasps and he never changed
his club until his retirement. He was part of part of English 7s team which won the world cup sevens in 1993. He made his debut for England in 1995 as a substitute player. He was given the captaincy of England in 1997. He was also part of English squad, which
won the world cup in 2003. He was the only English player who played in every minute of England’s world cup campaign. In 2006, he announced his retirement from international rugby.
During his career, he played 85 test matches for England and scored 85 points.
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