"Best is hard as nails” – Joe Marler selects his dream front-row trio - Ruck

“Best is hard as nails” – Joe Marler selects his dream front-row trio


England and Harlequins prop Joe Marler has selected his dream all-time front-row when picking his rugby dream team for Joe.co.uk.

The fourth player he’d nominate for his ‘Mount Rushmore’ of scrummaging would be Jason Leonard as he ‘could fill in pretty much anywhere after 30 pints’.

LOOSEHEAD-PROP: Tony Woodcock (New Zealand)

  • Major teams Blues, Highlanders, North Harbour, New Zealand
  • Position Prop
  • Caps 118

Marler said: “I think he was a farmer. He epitomised those earthy, no-nonsense values on the rugby field, getting on with the job. The player I looked up to most early in my career.”

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