List of footballers (Rugby Union)
This is a list of some notable Rugby union players. For a list of players sorted by country see List of footballers (Rugby Union) by country.
- Diego Albanese - Argentina
- Rob Andrew - England
- Lisandro Arbizu - Argentina
- Matthew Austin - Australia
- Neil Back - England
- Bill Beaumont - England
- Dewi Bebb - Wales
- Abdelatif Benazzi - France
- Phil Bennett - Wales
- Mauro Bergamasco - Italy
- Mirco Bergamasco - Italy
- Serge Betsen - France
- Todd Blackadder - New Zealand
- Serge Blanco - France
- Bakkies Botha - South Africa
- Naas Botha - South Africa
- Gabriel Brezoianu - Romania
- Gordon Bulloch - Scotland
- Schalk Burger - South Africa
- Matt Burke - Australia
- Shane Byrne - Ireland
- Ray Cale - Wales
- David Campese - Australia
- Will Carling - England
- Daniel Carter - New Zealand
- Thomas Castaignède - France
- Rupeni Caucaunibuca - Fiji
- Al Charron - Canada
- Carlo Checchinato - Italy
- Don Clarke - New Zealand
- Jerry Collins - New Zealand
- Felipe Contepomi - Argentina
- Danie Craven - South Africa
- Christian Cullen - New Zealand
- Massimo Cuttitta - Italy
- Lawrence Dallaglio - England
- Gordon D'Arcy - Ireland
- Gerald Davies - Wales
- Jonathan Davies - Wales
- Mervyn Davies - Wales
- John Dawes - Wales
- Matt Dawson - England
- Jean de Villiers - South Africa
- Diego Dominguez - Argentina and Italy
- Mick Doyle - Ireland
- Morne du Plessis - South Africa
- Frik du Preez - South Africa
- Os du Randt - South Africa
- John Eales - Australia
- Gareth Edwards - Wales
- Mark Ella - Australia
- Harry Ellis - England
- Ieuan Evans - Wales
- Nick Farr-Jones - Australia
- Sean Fitzpatrick - New Zealand
- Elton Flatley - Australia
- Jacques Fouroux - France
- Grant Fox - New Zealand
- Rhys Gabe - Wales
- Fabien Galthié - France
- Scott Gibbs - Wales
- Mike Gibson - Ireland
- Romeo Gontineac - Romania
- Arthur "Monkey" Gould - Wales
- Will Greenwood - England
- George Gregan - Australia
- Stuart Grimes - Scotland
- Bryan Habana - South Africa
- Imanol Harinordoquy - France
- Mike Harrison - England
- Gavin Hastings - Scotland
- Nigel Heslop - England
- Richard Hill - England
- Tim Horan - Australia
- Doug Howlett - New Zealand
- Robert Howley - Wales
- Gabe Hutchinson - Australia
- Raphaël Ibañez - France
- Chris Jack - New Zealand
- Peter Jackson - England
- Carwyn James - Wales
- Mike James - Canada
- Neil Jenkins - Wales
- Barry John - Wales
- Martin Johnson - England
- Michael Jones - New Zealand
- Robert Jones - Wales
- Marius Joubert - South Africa
- Josh Kronfeld - New Zealand
- Stephen Larkham - Australia
- Chris Latham - Australia
- Jason Leonard - England
- Josh Lewsey - England
- Jason Little - Australia
- Gareth Llewellyn - Wales
- Kenny Logan - Scotland
- Jonah Lomu - New Zealand
- Adrian Lungu - Romania
- Dan Lyle - USA
- Michael Lynagh - Australia
- Kevin Maggs - Ireland
- Olivier Magne - France
- Rolando Martin - Argentina
- Victor Matfield - South Africa
- Willie John McBride - Ireland
- Richie McCaw - New Zealand
- Eoin McDowell - Ireland
- Colin Meads - New Zealand
- Stan Meads - New Zealand
- Andrew Mehrtens - New Zealand
- Federico Mendez - Argentina
- Bryn Meredith - Wales
- Frédéric Michalak - France
- Percy Montgomery - South Africa
- Brian Moore - England
- Cliff Morgan - Wales
- Stirling Mortlock - Australia
- Mils Muliaina - New Zealand
- Geordan Murphy - Ireland
- Gwyn Nicholls - Wales
- Patricio Noriega - Argentina and Australia
- Prince Alexander Obolensky - England
- Paul O'Connell - Ireland
- Brian O'Driscoll - Ireland
- Ronan O'Gara - Ireland
- Malcolm O'Kelly - Ireland
- Chris Paterson - Scotland
- Breyton Paulse - South Africa
- Fabien Pelous - France
- Agustín Pichot - Argentina
- Francois Pienaar - South Africa
- Hugo Porta - Argentina
- Graham Price - Wales
- Scott Quinnell - Wales
- Seru Rabeni - Fiji
- Gareth Rees - Canada
- Jean-Pierre Rives - France
- Jason Robinson - England
- Joe Roff - Australia
- Mat Rogers - Australia
- Joe Rokocoko - New Zealand
- Mannetjies Roux - South Africa
- Clive Rowlands - Wales
- Philippe Sella - France
- Waisale Serevi - Fiji
- Wayne Shelford - New Zealand
- Bobby Skinstad - South Africa
- Christian Sitch - England
- John Smit - South Africa
- George Smith - Australia
- Rod Snow - Canada
- Carlos Spencer - New Zealand
- Pedro Sporleder - Argentina
- Joel Stransky - South Africa
- Haydn Tanner - Wales
- John Taylor - Wales
- Gary Teichmann - South Africa
- Delme Thomas - Wales
- Watcyn Thomas - Wales
- Reuben Thorne - New Zealand
- Errol Tobias - South Africa
- Gregor Townsend - Scotland
- Alessandro Troncon - Italy
- Lote Tuqiri - Australia
- Tana Umaga - New Zealand
- Rory Underwood - England
- David Watkins - Wales
- Joe van Niekerk - South Africa
- Joost van der Westhuizen - South Africa
- Jaco van der Westhuyzen - South Africa
- Jonny Wilkinson - England
- Chester Williams - South Africa
- Bleddyn Williams - Wales
- J.J. Williams - Wales
- JPR Williams - Wales
- R.H. (Rhys) Williams - Wales
- Jeff Wilson - New Zealand
- Bobby Windsor - Wales
- Keith Wood - Ireland
- Wilfred Wooller - Wales
- Dimitri Yachvili - France
- Dai Young - Wales
- Jeff Young - Wales
- Bruce Hay - Scotland
References
http://www.munsterrugby.ie/97_88.php
See also
- List of footballers (Rugby Union) by country
- International Rugby Hall of Fame