Legends
Below are SuperSport.com's top five World Cup legends. Click on the "read
more" link for the full article.
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Tim Horan |
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RWC winner: 1991, 1999 |
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Like South Africa's legendary Os du
Randt, Tim Horan was one of a rare group of players who not only played in three different
World Cups, he also won it twice. ...read more |
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| Legend: |
David Campese |
| Honours: |
RWC winner: 1991 |
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The Player of the Tournament at the 1991
World Cup, it may well be that David Campese's contribution to the winning Australian
effort went further than just his famed exploits on the field, but also the lippy stuff
that once led former Wallaby coach Bob Dwyer to comment that there was a loose wire
between Campese's brain and his mouth.
...read more |
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| Legend: |
Jonny Wilkinson |
| Honours: |
RWC winner: 2003 |
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Many in the southern hemisphere would
baulk at seeing Jonny Wilkinson included among a list of greatest World Cup players, but
while it may be true that his repertoire was made up largely of kicks, both out of hand
and place-kicks, there have been few whose image has dominated a World Cup as much as
Wilkinson did in Australia in 2003. ...read more |
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| Legend: |
Jonah Lomu |
| Honours: |
RWC: None |
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A commentator reduced to gasps because a
player’s performance was so awesome. Surely not? Well it’s true, for legend has
it that the respected New Zealand commentator Keith Quinn was only able to let out a few
gasps rather than any audible comment as the colossal Jonah Lomu ran rough-shod over the
England backline in Cape Town in the 1995 World Cup. ...read more |
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| Legend: |
Os du Randt |
| Honours: |
RWC winner: 1995, 2007 |
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Okay, so maybe there is one legendary
South African who managed to end his career in a major final - and bow out on the winning
side. Jacobus Petrus du Randt, known as Os (Ox) throughout his career, played his last
game for the Springboks on the night they beat England 15-6 at Stade de Francais in Paris
to win the World Cup for the second time. ...read more |
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