"Mad as a box of frogs" - Adam Jones picks his stunning all-time XV

Monday, 08 November 2021 at 19:51

byRugby Rucker

Who are the greatest rugby players to have played the game? After much deliberation, Adam Jones declared his hand when appearing on the #LooseHeadz podcast.

Asked to name a squad of players to take on the universe, the 97-cap tighthead-prop named the following XV with Harry Redknapp as manager.

#BACK-THREE:

15. Lee Byrne (Wales)
14. Tommy Bowe (Ireland)
11. Shane Williams (Wales)

#CENTRES:

13. Jonathan Davies (Wales)
12. Alan Bateman (Wales)

#HALFBACKS:

10. Jonathan ‘Jiffy’ Davies (Wales)
9. Andrew Long (England)

#FRONT-ROW:

1. Jason Leonard (England)
2. Sean FItzpatrick (New Zealand)
3. Olo Brown (New Zealand)

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#SECOND-ROW:

4. Alun Wyn Jones (Wales)
5. Paul O'Connell (Ireland)

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#BACK-ROW:

6. Jerry Collins (New Zealand)
7. Marty Holah (New Zealand)
8. Mervyn Davies (Wales)

Jones on Collins: “I was lucky enough to play with him – he was a great bloke. Mad as a box of frogs. There is a story about him being in a pub in Wales and the TV was broke so he fired off to Tesco and bought one for them."