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Two Rugby World Cup winners among 12 tighthead props inducted into the RugbyPass Hall of Fame

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The third wave of inductees into the RugbyPass Hall of Fame have been revealed as the finest tighthead props ever to grace the game were recognised on Wednesday.

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Home to the greatest rugby players of all-time, the RugbyPass Hall of Fame acknowledges and recognises the outstanding efforts of the trailblazers from the amateur era through to the global stars who light up the sport to this day.

The amalgamation of rugby’s top players from the amateur and professional eras has been reflected in the RugbyPass Hall of Fame’s third induction announcement, from which 12 of rugby’s best tighthead props have been unveiled as inductees.

Among the headline names include two World Cup-winning No 3s in the form of All Blacks centurion Owen Franks and former Springboks star Jannie du Plessis.

Franks is a two-time winner of rugby’s greatest prize, having claimed the Webb Ellis Cup on back-to-back occasions in 2011 and 2015, while Du Plessis was part of the World Cup-winning Springboks side of 2007.

As one of the new inductees, Du Plessis joins his brother Bismarck as a Hall of Famer after the ex-Springboks hooker was named as one of 13 new additions to the RugbyPass Hall of Fame on Tuesday.

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Du Plessis is the only South African to be included among the latest induction of players, while Franks is one of three New Zealanders alongside Carl Hayman and Kees Meeuws.

All four players are accompanied by SANZAAR counterpart and Wallabies centurion Sekope Kepu as the southern hemisphere representatives in the latest induction announcement.

Other inductees include current Ireland star Tadhg Furlong, former Ireland veteran John Hayes, Welsh duo Adam Jones and Graham Price, and French pair Nicolas Mas and Robert Paparemborde.

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Also included is retired cult hero Martin Castrogiovanni, who becomes the first Italian player to be named as a RugbyPass Hall of Fame inductee.

Of all those included in the RugbyPass Hall of Fame, only the players with the most votes in each position will make the Fan 1st XV, a team made up of only the best players ever to have played rugby.

The door remains open for other players to become RugbyPass Hall of Famers, so register now to have your say and vote for your favourite inductee in the Fan 1st XV.

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Chris 1067 days ago

Personally I don’t think current players should be inducted, but it’s a nice idea, but does it not detract from official World Rugby hall of famers? Not sure how I feel about any of it really. I mean really we could all make a list of great players and put it online. It’s just some opinions. Anyways I like the idea but rather call it. Rugbypass greatest players or something

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That's Cron's job though. Australia has had one of the most penalised scrums in international rugby for a long time. Just look at the scrum win loss percentage and scrum penalties. That is your evidence. AA has been the starter during that period. Pretty simple analysis. That Australia has had a poor scrum for a long time is hardly news. If bell and thor are not on the field they are woeful. So you are just plain wrong. They have very little time for the lions so doing the same old things that dont work is not going to get them there.


Ainsley is better than our next best tighthead options and has been playing well at scrum time for Lyon in the most competitive comp in the world. Superstar player? No. But better than the next best options. So that is a good enough guide. The scrummaging in the Prem is pretty good too so there is Sio's proof. Same analysis for him. Certainly better in both cases than Super, where the brumbies had the worst win loss and scrum pen in Super. Who plays there? Ohh yes... And the level of scrummaging in Super is well below the URC, prem and France with the SA teams out.


Nongorr is truly woeful. He's 130kg and gets shoved about. That just should not be happening at that weight for a specialist prop who has always played rugby cf pone with leauge. He has had enough time to develop at 23. You'd be better off with Pone who is at least good around the field for the moment and sending Nongorr on exchange to France or England to see if they can improve him with better coaching as happened with Skelton and Meafou. He isn't going to develop in time in super if he has it at all.


Latu is a better scrummaging hooker than BPA and Nasser. and he's the best aussie player over the ball at ruck time. McReight's super jackling percentage hasnt converted to international level but latu consistently does it at heniken level, which is similar to test level in the big games. With good coaching at La Rochelle he's much improved though still has the odd shocker. He should start the November games.

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