The XV of European legends with most international appearances
Rugby NewsThursday, 05 August 2021 at 10:03
ALUN WYN JONES has extended his lead to 11 as the most capped rugby union player of all-time.
The inspirational Welshman has played in all four of Lions test matches during the 2021 tour (three against South Africa and one against Japan).
But who leads the way in their position? We take a look at the most-capped European XV ever...
BACK-THREE:
- 15. Yuri Kushnarev (Russia) - 109 caps
- 14. George North (Wales & Lions) - 105 caps
- 11. Sean Lamont (Scotland) - 105 caps
CENTRES:
- 13. Brian O'Driscoll (Ireland & Lions) - 141 caps
- 12. Florin Vlaicu (Romania) - 127 caps
HALFBACKS:
- 10. Ronan O'Gara (Ireland & Lions) - 130 caps
- 9. Ben Youngs (England & Lions) - 111 caps
FRONT-ROW:
- 1. Gethin Jenkins (Wales & Lions) - 134 caps
- 2. Rory Best (Ireland & Lions) - 124 caps
- 3. Martin Castrogiovanni (Italy) - 119
SECOND-ROW:
- 4. Alun Wyn Jones (Wales & Lions) - 159 caps
- 5. Fabien Pelous (France) - 118 caps
BACK-ROW:
- 6. Alessandro Zanni (Italy) - 119 caps
- 7. Mauro Bergamasco (Italy - 104 caps
- 8. Sergio Parisse (Italy) - 142 caps
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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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