Rugby team with cricket stars

[nookie_lk]

Just for the fun of it....think about making a rugby team with Cricket stars....i know we dont know how good they are in rugby..but considering their physical appearrance and cricketting skills give your cricketers rugby XV !!!

 

[Smudge]

Chris Cairns played fullback for NZ Schools.
Brendon McCullum was a handy 10 for Kings and Otago age-group teams.
Herschelle Gibbs played to a pretty good level at 10.

 

[benchmark00]

Chris Cairns played fullback for NZ Schools.
Brendon McCullum was a handy 10 for Kings and Otago age-group teams.
Herschelle Gibbs played to a pretty good level at 10.

Kasper used to be a gun rugby player apparently, i think his brother still plays or something?

I'd nominate Andrew Symonds for a go though, he was thinking of trying out for the Broncos NRL team, but same thing really.

 

[Lyell_Chris]

Jeff Wilson played for the all blacks and the black caps
Inzi has to be in the front row
Ian Botham played in a few charity rugby matches when he retired

 

[nookie_lk]

My XV
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props - Arjuna Ranathunga , Inzimam ul haq
hooker - Shane Warne
Second rows - Cris Cairns, Tom Moody
Flankers - Mathew Hayden ,
No 8 - Graham Smith
Scrum Half - Jhonty Rhodes
Fly Half - Hershelle Gibbs
Centers - Yuvraj Singh, Micheal Bevan
Wingers - Mohamad Kaif, Jeff wilson
Full back - Kumar Sangakkara (lol)

 

[Right arm fast]

ab de villiers was in his provinces rugby teams all the way to u-19 level before he choose cricket

 

[Barney Rubble]

1 Inzamam-ul-Haq
2 Shane Warne
3 Ian Blackwell
4 Andre Nel
5 Marcus Trescothick
6 Michael Kasprowicz
7 Andrew Symonds
8 Andrew Flintoff
9 AB De Villiers
10 Herschelle Gibbs
11 Jeff Wilson
12 Simon Jones
13 Justin Kemp
14 Brett Lee
15 Chris Cairns

 

[age_master]

Kasper used to be a gun rugby player apparently, i think his brother still plays or something?

yeah his brother is still going round i think, not sure which team for though.

Hayden would be solid on one wing i reakon

 

[marc71178]

Flankers - Mathew Hayden ,
No 8 - Graham Smith

Personally I'd say Ponting's more of a flanker than Hayden and Smith is the biggest flanker of the lot, so move Hayden to 8.

 

[Robertinho]

Yeah, I heard de Villiers was a real gun

 

[Neil Pickup]

Rudi van Vuuren has played in both Cricket and Rugby World Cups, so I think he merits a place!

 

[benchmark00]

Rudi van Vuuren has played in both Cricket and Rugby World Cups, so I think he merits a place!

Wasn't that for Nimibia though? Can hardly say he plays both sports well though..

 

[steds]

Personally I'd say Ponting's more of a flanker than Hayden and Smith is the biggest flanker of the lot, so move Hayden to 8.

Question that's always been at the back of my head whenever I watch union. What the hell is the point of the flankers?

 

[Smudge]

Question that's always been at the back of my head whenever I watch union. What the hell is the point of the flankers?

Because union has a contested breakdown, they're there to secure the ball.

 

[Anna]

1 Inzamam-ul-Haq
2 Shane Warne
3 Ian Blackwell
4 Andre Nel
5 Marcus Trescothick
6 Michael Kasprowicz
7 Andrew Symonds
8 Andrew Flintoff
9 AB De Villiers
10 Herschelle Gibbs
11 Jeff Wilson
12 Simon Jones
13 Justin Kemp
14 Brett Lee
15 Chris Cairns

Lol Ian Blackwell as a prop....

 

[open365]

Question that's always been at the back of my head whenever I watch union. What the hell is the point of the flankers?

they're 2 of the most influential players on the pitch.

you wouldn't understand,leauge scrums are gay.

 

[steds]

leauge scrums are gay.

I agree, but at least they don't take up half the match.

 

[Blaze]

You would have to put Wilson at first five if you were to have any chance. He would have to be the playmaker seeing as he was actually a world class rugby player.

 

[Smudge]

You would have to put Wilson at first five if you were to have any chance. He would have to be the playmaker seeing as he was actually a world class rugby player.

Just because he was a world-class rugby player, doesn't mean he's a good playmaker.

How about Eric Tindill. The only man to play test cricket and test rugby for NZ. He was a first-five too. Incidentally, he also umpired test cricket and refereed test rugby.

 

[BoyBrumby]

What about this fella:

http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/newzealand/content/player/37381.html

Whatever happened to him, I wonder?!