Wales Online’s Top 50 Players were split into groups of 10 and ranked from ‘GOAT’ to ‘Not all that’ but, after some surprising choices, is this list really all that?

The GOAT list:

1.Thierry Dusautoir (France)
2. Jonny Wilkinson (England)
3. Zinzan Brooke (New Zealand)
4. Bryan Habana (South Africa)
5. Martin Johnson (England)
6. Joost van der Westhuizen (South Africa)
7. Jonah Lomu (New Zealand)
8. Dan Carter (New Zealand)
9. Brian O’Driscoll (Ireland)
10. Richie McCaw (New Zealand)

The Legend list:

1. Bakkies Botha (South Africa)
2. Paul O’Connell (Ireland)
3. Ma’a Nonu (New Zealand)
4. Jason Robinson (England)
5. George Smith (Australia)
6. Adam Jones (Wales)
7. Lawrence Diallagio (England)
8. Richard Hill (England)
9. John Eales (Australia)
10. Shane Williams (Wales)

The Class list:

1. Scott Quinnell (Wales)
2. Will Greenwood (England)
3. Brodie Retallick (New Zealand)
4. Matt Giteau (Australia)
5. Stephen Larkham (Australia)
6. Schalk Burger (South Africa)
7. Christian Cullen (New Zealand)
8. Scott Gibbs (Wales)
9. Tim Horan (Australia)
10. Alun Wyn Jones (Wales)

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The Decent list:

1. Rob Howley (Wales)
2. Gary Teichmann (South Africa)
3. Juan-Martin Fernandez-Lobbe (ARG)
4. Conrad Smith (New Zealand)
5. Sam Warburton (Wales)
6. David Pocock (Australia)
7. John Smit (South Africa)
8. Will Genia (Australia)
9. Doug Howlett (New Zealand)
10. Kieran Read (New Zealand)

The Not all that list:

1. Joe Rokocoko (New Zealand)
2. Percy Montgomery (South Africa)
3. Johnny Sexton (Ireland)
4. Justin Marshall (New Zealand)
5. Gethin Jekins (Wales)
6. Victor Matfield (South Africa)
7. Sergio Parisse (Italy)
8. Sam Whitelock (New Zealand)
9. George Gregan (Australia)
10. Julian Savea (New Zealand)

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