Happy birthday, Sam Warburton – His dream dream team couldn’t be any more attacking
Rugby NewsWednesday, 05 October 2022 at 10:43
Sam Warburton celebrated his 34th birthday on Wednesday.
The flankers selection, which he made in his recent book, Open Side, included six All Blacks, but two huge names were missing with Carter and McCaw only named among the replacements.
Sam Warburton: Dream Team
BACK-THREE:
- Fullback: Israel Folau (Australia)
- Winger: Bryan Habana (South Africa)
- Winger: Julian Savea (New Zealand)
CENTRE:
- Outside-centre: Brian O’Driscoll (Ireland)
- Inside-centre: Ma'a Nonu (New Zealand)
HALFBACKS:
- Fly-half: Jonny Wilkinson (England)
- Scrum-half: Will Genia (Australia)
FRONT-ROW:
- Loosehead-prop: Andrew Sheridan (England)
- Hooker: Bismarck du Plessis (South Africa)
- Tighthead-prop: Carl Hayman (New Zealand)
SECOND-ROW:
- Lock: Sam Whitelock (New Zealand)
- Lock: Paul O'Connell (Ireland)
BACK-ROW:
- Blindside-flanker: Jerome Kaino (New Zealand)
- Openside-flanker: David Pocock (Australia)
- Number 8: Kieran Read (New Zealand)
REPLACEMENTS:
- Guilhem Guirado (France)
- Cian Healy (Ireland)
- Tadhg Furlong (Ireland)
- Maro Itoje (England)
- Richie McCaw (New Zealand)
- Aaron Smith (New Zealand)
- Dan Carter (New Zealand)
- Stuart Hogg (Scotland).
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