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RANKED | The 5 TOUGHEST England players to have ever lived…
Meet the five toughest English rugby players that ever lived.
From the loose cannons who start swinging punches at the slightest provocation to the silent assassins who relish putting in game-changing hits, every rugby team has its on-field enforcers.
5. Jonny Wilkinson
A fly-half? Yes, but this is no ordinary number 10. Pound for pound, Wilko is still the most destructive tackler the game has ever seen and few players have endured so much physical punishment yet kept coming back for more. Tough doesn’t even come close.
4. Mike Teague
During the late 80s and early 90s, Gloucester and England fans relished the sight of "Iron Mike" rampaging around the field, socks rolled down. A big-hitting, hard-carrying No.6, Teague was voted Man of the Series on the brutal 1989 British and Irish Lions tour of Australia. Enough said.
3. Lewis Moody
He's the man who once traded punches with Martin Johnson during a tackling drill at Leicester and is famed for his fearless charges into every ruck and every maul. Mad Dog' certainly lived up to the nickname.
2. Martin Johnson
The former England captain was as tough as they come, once having to leave the field to have a cut to his eye tended to before returning to the field moments later.
1. Wade Dooley
Never far from trouble, "The Blackpool Tower" was a regular fixture in the England second row from 1985 to 1993. The Lancashire policeman’s charge sheet included fracturing Phil Davies’s cheekbone in Cardiff in 1987, and perforating Doddie Weir’s eardrum in the Calcutta Cup match in 1992.
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- Jordie Barrett over Damian de Allende is far from being correct. The hype around Dupont is also overreaching, he's probably 4th in the world and has been since the 2023 WC. He also avoids certain matchups which is strange. The rest of the list is pretty good apart from minor subjective biases.JasonMarlow16-09-2026
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