3:20 well you can’t really just choose to play for these international teams, there certain rules in order for you to be selected but I would say yes, any kid that plays rugby dreams to play for either their nation or a top tier nation
My top 5 in no particular order... Brian O'Driscoll Shane Williams Jonah Lomu Richie McCaw And since I'm an American I'm going to throw in a 7s player just so there's an Eagle on the list... Perry Baker
It's hard to tell just from a highlight video why Richie McCaw is the goat. He was never considered a particularly gifted athlete. The All Blacks strength & conditioning coach (their longest serving staff member) described him as weak and slow. And this was after Richie had already retired. What made Richie the best was his supreme fitness (often his biggest contributions were in the final quarter of the game), his relentless work ethic, his high skill level, leadership, and his intelligence/understanding of the game. Additionally, the position he played isn't really tasked with scoring points. He played openside flanker, a position that's most responsible for making tackles and contesting the ball at the ruck/breakdown (the dogpile looking thing that happens after a tackle is made). Contesting the ball means that when the ABs have possession, he was trying to secure the ball quickly for his team so they can play quickly and catch the defence out of position, and when the opposing team have possession of the ball, his job is to slow their ball down or win it back (scoring a turnover). As you can imagine, this is quite an exhausting and attritional position to play, especially over 80 minutes at the highest level, which makes his record of 145 international test caps even more impressive. As for comparing him against the likes of Cheslin Kolbe and Lomu, it's not really a like-for-like comparison since their positions are almost polar opposite in terms of their roles and required skills. Most of Richie's work goes unseen, hidden deep in the ruck or off the ball with his positioning to make cover tackles. Meanwhile, with wingers (Lomu and Kolbe), nearly every contribution they make is highlight reel material as it consists almost entirely of running with the ball and beating defenders. What made Lomu so special was that he was an absolute freak athlete with a body that was like 20 years ahead of what sports science at the time could produce. He was enormous scarily fast which meant that the only people that could catch him were tiny and just got ran over. He never had the skills of a kolbe, Cullen or DC, so IMHO not the greatest player, despite having easily the biggest impact on the game at large by basically singlehandedly turning it into a professional sport via the attention he brought to the sport. Kolbe might be the greatest winger of the current era but the margin isn't so great that you could easily call him the goat. That being said, his career is far from over. Another interesting tidbit about Richie was that he has a pretty weird body. if you look at other great openside flankers (like Siya Kolisi or David pocock) you'll notice that they're much bigger and more muscular than Richie. This is because Richie intentionally didn't bulk up and even intentionally lost weight to keep his fitness as high as possible. What muscle mass he did have was consentrated in his torsoe/core to serve his core roll having strong body position in the ruck.
You can’t chose your team in the sense you’re talking about. The All Blacks is the nickname for the New Zealand rugby team, and you can’t okay for the All Blacks unless you’re a citizen of New Zealand. Same with the Springboks. Springboks is the nickname for the South Africa countries rugby team.
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3:20 well you can’t really just choose to play for these international teams, there certain rules in order for you to be selected but I would say yes, any kid that plays rugby dreams to play for either their nation or a top tier nation
Ohhhh ok that makes sense
My top 5 in no particular order...
Brian O'Driscoll
Shane Williams
Jonah Lomu
Richie McCaw
And since I'm an American I'm going to throw in a 7s player just so there's an Eagle on the list...
Perry Baker
Should I give all these players a reaction?
@@Daelio You bet.
It's hard to tell just from a highlight video why Richie McCaw is the goat. He was never considered a particularly gifted athlete. The All Blacks strength & conditioning coach (their longest serving staff member) described him as weak and slow. And this was after Richie had already retired. What made Richie the best was his supreme fitness (often his biggest contributions were in the final quarter of the game), his relentless work ethic, his high skill level, leadership, and his intelligence/understanding of the game.
Additionally, the position he played isn't really tasked with scoring points. He played openside flanker, a position that's most responsible for making tackles and contesting the ball at the ruck/breakdown (the dogpile looking thing that happens after a tackle is made). Contesting the ball means that when the ABs have possession, he was trying to secure the ball quickly for his team so they can play quickly and catch the defence out of position, and when the opposing team have possession of the ball, his job is to slow their ball down or win it back (scoring a turnover). As you can imagine, this is quite an exhausting and attritional position to play, especially over 80 minutes at the highest level, which makes his record of 145 international test caps even more impressive.
As for comparing him against the likes of Cheslin Kolbe and Lomu, it's not really a like-for-like comparison since their positions are almost polar opposite in terms of their roles and required skills. Most of Richie's work goes unseen, hidden deep in the ruck or off the ball with his positioning to make cover tackles. Meanwhile, with wingers (Lomu and Kolbe), nearly every contribution they make is highlight reel material as it consists almost entirely of running with the ball and beating defenders.
What made Lomu so special was that he was an absolute freak athlete with a body that was like 20 years ahead of what sports science at the time could produce. He was enormous scarily fast which meant that the only people that could catch him were tiny and just got ran over. He never had the skills of a kolbe, Cullen or DC, so IMHO not the greatest player, despite having easily the biggest impact on the game at large by basically singlehandedly turning it into a professional sport via the attention he brought to the sport.
Kolbe might be the greatest winger of the current era but the margin isn't so great that you could easily call him the goat. That being said, his career is far from over.
Another interesting tidbit about Richie was that he has a pretty weird body. if you look at other great openside flankers (like Siya Kolisi or David pocock) you'll notice that they're much bigger and more muscular than Richie. This is because Richie intentionally didn't bulk up and even intentionally lost weight to keep his fitness as high as possible. What muscle mass he did have was consentrated in his torsoe/core to serve his core roll having strong body position in the ruck.
You can’t chose your team in the sense you’re talking about. The All Blacks is the nickname for the New Zealand rugby team, and you can’t okay for the All Blacks unless you’re a citizen of New Zealand. Same with the Springboks. Springboks is the nickname for the South Africa countries rugby team.
Ohhh makes sense 🤝