THE TOP 125 RUGBY PLAYERS OF 2023 | FULL LIST COMPILATION

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CA guys Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to everybody watching this video my name is Max I’m the host over here at the black juy but today I’m in my spring box juy because I had to well go through with the best I made to get a juy for

The winning team of the World Cup and so I have my South African Jersy my name is not the BOK juy though it’s still the black juicy and for your Christmas present today guys I’ve got a bit of a mega compilation of the top 120 5 rugby

Players in the world of 2023 so yes I’m listing the top 125 men to play the game this season a massive thank you to my patrons as well I hope you are all in particular having a very very Merry Christmas well it was a huge year 2023

So I’m just kind of going to like combine all the videos I’ve uploaded in the past and put them all into one place so you don’t have to constantly re-watch different videos when you want to revisit my top 100 but before we do that

I just want to list off those top 125 so get the first 25 over and done with and then it’ll be a I guess a bit of a mes lack of continuity with the lighting and the voicing and well my jerseys first on the list 125th Place it’s going to be

Aon Maui the Fijian prop very very strong for Saron a hard worker and he really really helps that scrum get a lot better son toy paloto is next up on the list he’s the cinder from Scotland very very good in combination with hug Jones though Jones does take a few bit of the

Spotlight away tuy Pelosi was a very good player in his own right Mark noong andasi one of just three Australian players who were at the World Cup good enough to play test rugby so it’s a real shame to see this Winger heading over to play rugby league Mark noong wasi has

Been very very good for Australia so it’s a shame he’ll be hitting off the next guy on the list it’s going to be Solomon faki who is the tongin flanker I wanted to put the number seven in the top 100 but he he had a bit of a bad

Injury that forced him to go home during the World Cup so he just didn’t quite get enough game time in 2023 to kind of justify this Joe Marin from England um he was kind of in a similar situation to a fair few players in this bottom end of

The list as well very very talented and natural but just kind of dealt with injury dealt with not getting too much game time dealt with a game plan that doesn’t really allow him to play to his strength in Marin’s case Marin’s very quick very elusive got a great passing

Game but with the way England plays a very slow game Joe Marin just couldn’t get onto the main list being very talented as well but a bit too much of a hot H to go in the top 100 though he is a very very promising player at 25 years

Old so could be England’s long-term number age if he keeps up how he’s playing 119th place is Caleb Clark the Winger from the or black as you guys know New Zealand is blessed with a lot of very good wingers number 118 is is Thomas Francis the Welsh prop one of the

Best props in the world and while he didn’t really sh upen the Six Nations he came back to form win it CED at the World Cup he was excellent there so I have to give him a mention for really just getting back to his best at a very

Good time Nick tompkins’s teammate is 117th place a world class sener who really just um once he got the decent game time he was able to string those good performances together Ben White 116 Scotland really should have just kept starting the guy honestly I don’t know what GRE town he was thinking because

Bean white is a very very good player now 115 we move on to a new graphic via for FIA is the guy having this place the tong line out wasn’t too good but he’s always going to be appreciative for his Visa ility being able to play lock

Flanker and number eight 114 Raphael sty how could I not mention him the Portuguese Winger siku Mako is 113th Place while he’s not necessarily one of the best players in the world he’s just well a no-brainer of you’re ever picking a French lineup the guy is able to cover

Number eight flanker Center and Winger he’s the every man he is the perfect match for a 62 bench split absolutely perfect for it so it really makes you think about the French selections against South Africa for that World Cup quarterfinal next up on the list is Peter Omar who I thought i’ probably

Better put up a little bit higher than maoo as he’s a bit more of a prolific Jackal threat he’s not the player he was in his prime but very very entertaining to watch still I’ve now got Nicholas Sanchez the Argentinian first five he played his last test in 2023 and getting

His team into the semi-finals he really did bow out playing some pretty decent rugby though he was being benched more often than he was starting when it came to the end of his career this year in 2023 next up Jasper Visa absolutely no question would have

Been in the top one 100 if he was the regular starter for a second year in a row Visa has played a lot of minutes for South Africa and I’m definitely expecting him to get back into the top 100 for 2024 next up Damen dendi he had

A massive massively good season in 2022 absolutely world class he was a bit inconsistent in the rugby Championship though a lot of South African fans wanted him to be benched for Andre EST haen but you know what he showed up in the quarterfinal against France where it

Counted he was very very good against England and the All Blacks as well so I do want to give him mention for much like Thomas Francis returning to his best when it mattered Jamie George is another one in a very similar boat he’s almost like an onfield defense coach for

The English but though he’s working very hard in this role he wasn’t quite able to get the other members of the Ford pack to follow those commands so I did think George was just a bit unlucky to miss out on the top 100 David havil is

Next up he’s ranked 107th and I could not put him in that top 100 because well he’s been injured far too much he’s had a bit of a recurring hamstring problem over the last year and so I can’t just pick a guy who’s played two test matches

In 2023 for a top 100 list that would be ridiculous while he showed us the evidence of our gooders against Namibia and against France at the World Cup um a second hamstring injury once again stopped him playing any further part in the World Cup though he didn’t go home

As it was about to be time for The Knockout stages the tournament Dalton Pap is at 106 very very versatile but a bit more of a running threat in comparison to seiku meu and Pedro Mahan the other flankers that have been on this list so far Pap is honestly just

Such a safe to pick he’s a great leader at Club level but of course the fact that he can’t really show that full set of his skill sets that he has at Club level at International level means he has to stay at 106th Place I’m going

To keep up my kiwi bias for the last few picks before we get into the top 100 but first off I’m wearing the BOK Jersey got to have a fourth prop for South Africa and that is Trevor inuk car their scrum is absolutely amazing to watch and so

While I’ve got 17 spring box in the top 100 list I do want to have one more before we get into that top 100 I’ve now got Luke Tangi the Fijian number three seriously the form of his going from Club to test level it just shot up massively once again much luck Thomas

Francis much luck Damian dindy this is one of those guys whose form came along when it mattered he just didn’t quite have the consistency for the entire calendar year I’ve now got toighty Williams made his test debut for the All Blacks in 2023 absolutely awesome bloke

Stokes that he got to play a decent part of the World Cup coming off the bench at Luci prop against South Africa in the World Cup final what a player to Mighty Williams is serson Taho is a player who definitely would have been on the list

But just didn’t quite get the game game time much like David havil he was benched for the quarterfinal with Dane Cole selected for his final ever test Doo was relegated I guess the third choice after being the first choice for March of 2022 with Cole’s injur and

Taylor having a bit of an issue with his form and Scott Barrett 101 place before we get to the top 100 Scott Barrett is a world class player if we were looking at all of the positive aspects of his game he’d be up there with one of the best in

The world but he’s almost developed into to an all blacks version of Maru toj very very talented very hardworking on defense but he gives away so so many penalties so that’s a huge detractor when looking at Scott Barrett’s overall portfolio he’s just the first all black

In history to get two red cards at test level his most recent one was in our worst ever defeat against South Africa forgetting two yellows in the same match he’s got a bit of a bad habit of you know trying to Jackle too much when the chances aren’t quite on so though Scott

Barrett is an amazing attacker has a great offload game can kick is a line out genius the overall picture of his game has to be taken into account so he just narrowly misses out I’m expecting him though to be the All Blacks Captain so now we’re going to get into the top

100 let’s get in and I’ll show you guys who I believe it the 100th rength player in the world that player there is Jean Clan who has played 12 tests Cay has played for Monster since 2016 has an Irish wife and lives of course in the

Monster Province for his Club but he was born in South Africa five of his 12 chest caps were for the Irish but Andy Ferell throughout his era as the Irish head coach has not picked Jean Clan so with the world rugby Birthright Amendment laws Clan has reverted his

Nationality to South Africa becoming the first Irish player to win a World Cup final he came off the bench for the spring box in that final and he is a very very intelligent player with a lot of bulk that’s very useful in the scrum and so with the spring walk to be being

The World Cup winning team this sorry I thought it would be very appropriate to give a bit bit of a congratulations there too well one of their towering lock Timbers Jean Clan ranked 99th I’ve got Anton lard Brown who’s a midfielder from New Zealand able to play 1213 and

Slightly on the wing as he did on his Chief’s debut as an 18-year-old while he’s here it wasn’t a vintage season by any chance for him but he came back from injury he was able to reach his 70th test cap in the World Cup final at just

28 years old he’s well and truly able to reach 100 I was in the stadium for his test debut and if he does get to 100 I want to be in there in the stadium for his 100th test match he’s very very powerful and one of the best defenders

In the world but as he’s kind of had a bit of a struggle with injury I just didn’t feel it would be appropriate to put him anywhere higher in 998th Pablo Mato who’s an open side flanger for lost Pumas of Argentina he’s kind of in a bit

Of a similar position to leard Brown though he’s very very versatile can play six seven and eight so he does get to just be one spot above he’s about to become just the third Argentinian player to get 100 tests and at 30 years old that is absolutely possible for the big

Enforcer a bit of a hot head sometimes but it’s king of the turnover a very powerful carrier and most importantly very very passionate like lonard brown though he has at a few injuries so I didn’t feel I could put any highes it was by no means a vintage season but his

Class as they say forms temporary classes permanent so I had to keep Matera in the list um 97 I’ve got Francisco Fernandez of Portugal he didn’t get to play in 2007 but he came back in 2023 as the country’s oldest ever player and goodness me he had a

Phenomenal game against Fiji when they got their first ever winning World Cup history he was a very very good scrummaging I watched Portuguese rugby for the first time in my life this year and this guy well he was a huge asset to them getting that crucial try against

The fijians um I don’t know if he’s going to keep playing trying to get his 50th test cap but who knows he had a great season I’ve then got Gareth Davis the Welsh scrum half in at 96 he’s the highest tric scoring halfback in Rugby World Cup history and after having a

Pretty uh dodgy Six Nations he got back to his best form at an excellent time of the year for the World Cup so I had to have him in my list Shannon friselle throughout a lot of his All Blacks career well his height was very very

Helpful to his cause as with the all black starting two open sides in their starting 15 friselle as a third lock at six became a very useful asset and Jason Ryan really unlocked a lot of hunger from velle this year he had his best season in a black Jersey by far and

Hopefully he’s going to be coming back to New Zealand Shores after RAR deal with tsha brave lupus that is starting soon over in Japan with then got Ian Henderson some Tall Timber from the Irish he was crucial for them at the end with his 81 test of experience getting

That turnover to win them the game against South Africa sorry in the pool stages he’s a very very powerful player a prolific tackler and though he doesn’t start for his country too much anymore as he’s one of the other guys that’s had a bit of injury well simply put he knows

What he’s doing he’s an experienced player and he’s great for his Nation Off the Bench I’ve then got Maxim luku who is very much in the shadow of his country’s greatest ever halfback but he is still a very good player in his own right Maxim luku he’s the captain for

Bordo bagay um over in his hometown France he took a while to get his professional career going but simply put keeping Baptist kuu and Baptist sedan Away From the Bench that’s a bit of a feat because they’re so unbelievably talented lugu has got a telepathic understanding with Machu jelier the

Tenny’s often peered with Bordeaux and he’s a great player I’ve then got Ty Boon also a lock from Ireland I wanted to have him slightly above Henderson because well simply put he starts for the country and is a bit more athletic he’s one test to go away from getting

The 50 and I’m sure we’re going to see him on a second British and Irish Lions tour in 2025 should he stay injuryf free um a bit of a late bloom of this guy but a very useful player who can cover both lock and six I’ve then got Gail Fu in

91st place a French midfielder very very talented and the defensive Rock they call him the defensive captain for a reason I’ve then got Blair King Horn of Scotland in 90th Place I would definitely have Stuart hog ranked in here if he didn’t retire straight after the Six Nations but BL kingor brought

Back a lot of the pace that hog had started to miss in his later few years of his professional career and it was so gutting he had to come off injured in his 50th test because he is a class class player and I think that he if he

Was playing sorry for another Nation people might rate him just a little bit higher then at 89 I’ve got Michael leech the old V and the former captain of the Japanese he’s played 84 tests and he’s not the most um physically intimidating guy but he wins a lot of turnovers and

Simply put we saw leech playing some of his best rugby in a long time in 2023 he’s a former Chief I love seeing for the club so it’s been great to see him get back to his Peak I then have quag Smith who won the most turnovers of any

Player at the World Cup um with 10 turnovers in 88th Place I would definitely have him ranked higher if it weren’t for the fact that his captain um plays the same position as him because simply put kermith not a very big man but he is living proof that technique

Will always Trump size in the world of rugby at 30 years old there’s still a chance for him to get 50 tests and he’s put away a lot of bad discipline from his past and just simply turned into the complete package if it weren’t for the fact that they kept benching him he

Would definitely be higher up on the list then at 89 I’ve got Rodrigo Mar who was the same age as me but Portugal’s highest ever Tri scorer and simply put he got his most important try and test rugby this year getting one at the end of the game against Fiji and giving

Samuel Marquees the time to kick the winning goal at 90 kg he can beat a few Defenders too which is very very useful with just 35 tests under his belt and 30 tries he’s going to get a lot more for his country I’ve then got Steven kits

Off at loose head prop because Steven kits off is world class as is the other loose head prop from South Africa who I do have a lot higher on this list kits is going to reach 100 tests he absolutely deserves to and he also deserves to win two Rugby World Cups

Because he is awesome then 85 I’ve only got two Australian players on the list Ben nson when his type five forwards are performing well he can turn into a very underappreciated player he was definitely a lot more calm than kter Gordon and you know Wales getting that lead over Australia it was no

Coincidence they started to do that after Donaldson sorry lost his C um if Donaldson continues to improve I think it’ll be very good to see him um kind of in the 10 jersey and a bit of a western Force theme in club occasion in the Wes because Donaldson I think is

Very underappreciated in 84 though he’s getting a few great hears Li soang why did the nzr let him get away from the All Blacks like Shan Clan he was able to change his um Allegiance for nationality cuz he has sour ancestry and he made a huge difference for sour at that World

Cup though they came agonizingly close to Victory against England he was still man of the match really just proving his class proving he still got it even at 32 years old in at 83 I’ve also got Gabon viler from France they really really missed the guy against South Africa Man

Simply put he would have made a huge difference at 82 I’ve got another South African prop I’ve got 17 South Africans and I had to make France M Herber one of them decent tight head props are very hard to find and they are very lucky that the sky is still still continuing

To play he’s played 69 test and he’s going to coach plenty more because if you watch a few of my nalysis videos about South Africa you’re going to notice France M Herber being the defensive coach of febid and if he’s coaching his teammates on the pitch I’m

Sure he’s going to have a career as a defense coach later on and at 81 I’ve got Matteo careras who really just start got his breakout season in 2023 and just 23 years old um 5’9 80 kg he’s literally the size of an average person but what

Is not average is his ability to beat Defenders he’s very very muscular very very quick and beats a heck of a lot and he got his first career hatrick against Japan to get Argentina through to the quarterfinals and a man of- the match performance I’m sure he’s going to get

Even better at 80th I’ve got hondre paard because we didn’t really get to see pad’s full skill set I couldn’t rank him any higher but simply put if South Africa didn’t get him back from injury I don’t think they could have won the World Cup he didn’t do a hick of a lot

On the pitch for the this year but what he did do was more important than pretty much any other backline player that they had hondre polard is the top Point scorer in finals history and he’s a big guy who can ride the hits at 29 years old there’s a chance for him to

Deservingly win three World Cups I’ve then got Freddy Stewart who didn’t quite have um as good of a year as he did in 2022 because Steve wook’s game plans not working out too well for him but when stward did get the ball in his hands it was absolutely devastating and of course

The safest p hands under the high ball so I still had to have him in this list then at 78 I’ve got JC creel with Lucano I’m not initially selected for the World Cup due to injury well questions were asked of creel and he proved himself he

Had an excellent defensive World Cup and I had to have him on the list because of the huge improvements he has made in the last year as a Defender and at 29 years old you know we could still see him at a fourth world cup in 2027 at 77 I

Probably could have had Theo McFarland ranked higher he did have a few handling errors but in the line it he’s a beast he’s a prolific tackler he’s excellent over the ball on the breakdown and he’s a very very powerful carrier so I still had to have this guy on the list because

Simply put when he gets things going he’s world class for Manu samur and now at 76 to conclude today’s video I’ve got an Koto of Italy itly man were looking really promising ahead of the um 2023 World Cup they didn’t quite I guess reach that potential they

Had a lot of it but if on kot’s Talent is anything to go by if the whole team’s Talent is anything to go by I do think there is still another gear they could reach keoto isn’t quite the all round player we could want him to be yet but

He’s a very useful fullback for the Italians and at just um 1.77 m in 70 kg he’s the typical small little player that you should be very afraid of it’s not always the biggest guys in the pitch you should be scared of in my opinion it’s the little guys because they so

Hard to tackle let’s get into it with number 75 sonani taka who is the captain of Tonga um I have got no idea honestly why toai keu didn’t start his captain in all the proper matches of the World Cup but you know what when takala did come

On he was awesome and he’s a great leader for that team he’s the first tongen player in history to get over 50 test caps for the country and at 32 years old there’s uh no doubt he could continue going and just continues to accumulate caps for the iali itah the

Sea eagles now at 74 I’ve got semimi rrra of Fiji you guys will see a fair few Fijian players on this list and it’s for good reason because simply put they have a lot of worldclass players rrra primarily plays as a 13 and as a Winger

And he’s very very good at bumping off the opposition very good at defending and he’s got a great passing game having come from a bit of a sevens and a league background rrra it just 89 kgs as well the reason he’s so light is a huge lack

Of body fat percentage which has made him extremely strong this guy he’s world class had to have him on the list and Becka gor GZA is number 73 there sorry from Georgia he’s the number eight he didn’t quite get a decent enough go at the World Cup du to injury but when we

Did see him he was an absolute wrecking ball he’s been a wrecking ball for a long time he’s played 40 CHS and it was great to see him line up for a second Rugby World Cup I enjoy watching the guy a lot as his fans over at pal in France

At 72 one of the fins of the tournament for me it was bazara from Uruguay eligible for Argentina as that was his place of birth he’s now a Uruguayan Citizen and he was absolutely massive for them getting a few tries along the way should they first ever win this

World cup as well this was just the second overall time as well they had won a game at a World Cup after beating Fiji in 2019 amija was a real part of just continuing that Legacy and with just 10 test caps to his name he’s sure to get

Even better at 71 I now have Santiago chocobar is from Argentina itself this guy is a very very good Defender and he knows how to entertain his fans simply put Santiago chocobar is a guy I’ve rated for a while he’s only got 18 tessers his career has been a bit stop

Start stop start since his debut in 2020 D injury but he became a regular starter at this world cup and lit the tournament on fire as did number seven Tomas gash from Argentina as well the guy’s a prop he does have improving to do but he’s very very effective with bull in hand

He’s a great Jackal option he’s got great scrum technique if this guy can just improve a bit of his discipline I think he can get way way further up the list as well um he’s very entertaining to watch he’s got a very low center of

Gravity and it makes sense as to why he we the number one juy for his country at 69 I’ve got the youngest player in history to win two Rugby World Cups that is d iian vilims the fullback from South Africa he’s able to cover 10 and 13 as

Well but he really just finally made it clear yes I am a fullback this year and he had an amazing Rugby World Cup as a Defender his kicking game’s excellent as well so he had to be in this list at 68 is Josh vleer of the Irish vleer I think

Actually had a b year in 2023 than he did in 2022 um it’s a bit criminal of me in the perspective of the Irish to underr him a bit but simply put a lot of other flankers do similar things to Vander on the pitch but B so while vleer

Is on the list I do think there are B flankers out there I have to have him here though because simply put even though others are better he is still world class he still deserves a place on this list and I love watching the guy I’ve now got 76 Juan Martin Gonzalez

He’s kind of gone back and forth between noide and number eight but he settled on number eight as his primary Jersey for Los Pumas and he’s had another very very good season at 6’4 102 kgs and with 31 test caps more caps than his age at 22

Years old I’m sure he could reach 100 test for Los Pumas if he can keep himself fit and injury free at 66 I’ve got another very strong powerful forward it’s TIG furong of Ireland though he’s s kind of starting to I guess fall off the

Peaky head a few years back he remains a world class tight head prop he is a player you really want to be afraid of when you’re getting down in the scrum you’re packing down and he’s got 79 test including six from two briish Irish Lions tours I’m sure he could get 100 at

Just 30 years old at 65 I’ve now got Louis ree Sage the lightning bolt as his tattoo shows of Wales he’s got 32 tests and just 22 years old as well he’s really just racking up those caps like a lot of the class Welsh players seem to

Do and he’s a superstar and he’s been a superstar in a time where Wales have really needed one he scores a lot of tries and had to be on the list as did number 64 the Japanese Captain Kazuki jino though Japan weren’t quite able to replicate this success of 2019 jino has

Become a very very nice leader for this team after his OE and the Highlanders here in New Zealand at 29 years old I’m sure he’s got another World Cup in him and he is a devastating ball carrier of the number eight um he’s one of the best

Number eights in the world so he had to be on this list Cody Taylor as well really had to be on the list as well he’s been world class for the All Blacks for a number of years um he’s going to be one of just two survivors from the

2015 Rugby World Cup alongside Sam Kane if Bowden Barrett doesn’t come back to New Zealand Shores Taylor has played 85 test matches and he’s resigned to 2025 to continue his awesome lineer throwing his TR scoring rate off the mall and of course his excellent defense I had to

Have the guy on the list and of course Jamie Richie of the Scottish a bit of an underrated player who I don’t think gets the appreciation he deserves as the commentators do say from time to time the guy’s a tiger at the breakdown and He makes himself into

A very very good Captain though for some reason it says Center on the graphic he’s a very very good flanker and no man wears that number six jersey better than Jamie Richie for the Scottish um he just has to continue on as their Captain for

2027 as well at 61 I have Hugo Kanan from Ireland he had a very very good season he was definitely one of the best players of the Six Nations and he also had a strong World Cup he’s played 36 test and I’m sure he’s going to get the

50 don’t be surprised if we see him in the number 15 jersey for the British and Irish Lions tour in 2025 60 is Jonathan Dante at 31 years old he took a we while to get his career going because he was a bit similar to Machu basto earlier on he

Wasn’t really passing the ball much but he’s growing up he’s developed an excellent Ki game he’s developed one of the best passing games in the world while of course playing for lell at Club level well he’s going to be a bit of a jackal threat as well he’s finally

Getting his test career underway especially going down from 110 kg to 93 he’s really taught himself to use that power for good and he’s now a regular starter for his country at 59 is chisin Colby of South Africa not the player he once was but remains world class for

South Africa he’s got a hot step and 30 years old he’s pretty darn quick still so you know for all we know maybe he could be the fullback in 2027 if vza goes down injured 58th place on this list is Vil Lanza from Georgia he is 27

Years old and has played 82 tests he was one of the youngest players to ever played a World Cup back in 2015 and wowers he’s just becoming a world class player seriously like the amount of quality front football Georgia are able to get through their forward receiving passes off the sky it’s just

Unbelievable while Georgia had a really disappointing Rugby World Cup the guy was definitely a standout for his team at 57 just the second Australian player on this list after a disappointing World Cup it’s Angus Bell he’s 23 years old though but has played 28 tests he’s a

Big unit but he’s very mobile has excellent ball handling skills and I think his scrummaging is definitely coming along quite strongly too Bell is I guess one of those guys that coaches would build their team around if they’re trying to do the whole build my team around this guy type strategy and fairly

So Bell is going to get better and better and I have high hopes for him going forward at 56 same thing Dan sh and the hooker he is so so unbelievably good he didn’t quite return from injury the same player that he was during the Six Nations but nonetheless he is

Definitely got potential to be Ireland’s greatest ever hooker going ahead of Rory best going ahead of keithwood the guy scores tries for fun and with 21 test gaps to his name don’t be surprised to see him get a lion’s tour in the very near future 55 I’ve got dich nin ashilly

The fullback from Georgia this guy is world class seriously 21 years old with 27 tests a hot stepper a lot of pace he fends you off he’s a pretty decent Defender as well whether he is on the wing or at fullback he’s such an exciting Dynamic player to watch it’s no

Wonder so many people wanting their fantasy team to have I guess a bit of a decent uh pick of the team buy thing like that whatever you call it it’s no wonder they were going for this guy at 54 I’ve got Nicholas Martins from Portugal eligible for France but

Definitely chose the right thing choosing to make history with just 12 tests to his name I’m scared of how world class this guy could absolutely be in the future he is a world class Blindside flanker already at 100 kg 6’5 and wow I I don’t I don’t even have

Words seriously to show how impressed I was by him during the tournament he got me a lot of points for my fantasy team and against Fiji getting man of the match in Portugal’s first World Cup win he was absolutely inspirational of course getting the man of the match

Award 53 I have Tyrell LX it took LX a wee while I guess to realize his potential he’s been somewhat of a late bloomer as he made his all Black debut in 2018 but he got a recall when Ian Foster took charge and he’s taking his game from strength to strength under

Jason Ryan annoyed he missed the Irish Series in 2022 after being dropped he’s just had you know that chip on his shoulder and it has helped him to perform career best rugby he came back from injury as well having a huge cut on his thigh twiking him against South

Africa and he just returned to the World Cup like he didn’t miss a peach seriously he’s just put in so much hard work and he deserves every single one of 32 test caps he has got so far at 52 I’ve got a fellow kiwi but he does play

For the Irish as he was robbed of an all black cap jeson Gibson Park is one of the best halfbacks in the world he has got such crisp passing he has been aesa Ireland getting such fast ball to work off throughout the Andy Ferell era and I

Was gushed for this guy in particular when the Irish got eliminated for the World Cup because he is so so underappreciated by the rugby watching public and I just love watching him every time he plays the game now to conclude today’s video I’m going to put

Corbus RAR of South Africa in 50 first place for my top 100 players of 2023 Corpus Rach I do believe is better than fa clerk he’s better than herel yanes and he’s better than Grant Williams He is very very underappreciated I would not have pitched a clerk for the World

Cup final RAR is so unbelievably good he’s quick he’s got a great box kick he’s got a great long range kick he’s a very coment passer and of course he’s not afraid to get stuck in as a Defender and really just help the forwards out guarding the fringes of that breakdown

Ruk have showed off several examples of him being a huge differen maker for his team but ultimately I don’t think he cares if he didn’t play the World Cup final he’ll just be stoked to have two web Ellis cups to his name I have Tom Curry who South African fans don’t

Particularly like but my goodness is he very effective on the field at just 25 years old he’s already got 53 test caps he didn’t get a heck of a lot of game time in 2023 but he was in there for when it counted he was very very strong

When they needed him to be and he really recovered from injury to make a huge impact at the World Cup for the English it was great to see him back but there are a few more flankers in the world who are better than Curry and 49th is charl

Olivor of France many French fans are saying he’s our best flanker since Terry duat and fair enough he’s very very good he would have well more than his 39 caps if it weren’t for all the horrible injuries he had earlier in his career and he had a fantastic World Cup just as

Curry did Matt Hansen is the player I’ve got at 48th on the list and he is the best Australian player of the world but he plays for irelands because rugby Australia have a few issues Matt Hansen is so versatile he can play at 10 from um set pieces even though he’s normally

Stationed on the wing around the field when just things are happening off the top of players heads mat Hansen is so quick so agile he’s got a great Boot and of course coming off that Wing like I said before to become an extra playmaker it’s a massive skill set I think the wab

Really could have use right now but nope Hansen is playing for Ireland and he’s playing beautifully well for them he deserves to be in this list so does 47 Rico Yani he didn’t quite have the same year as he did in 2022 but he was nevertheless very very good for the All

Blacks of long been a fan of Yani who was resigned to 2027 I’m sure he’s going to become our highest ever Tri scorer Now 46 on the list is Courtney laws of England he played his 111th and final test match this year and wowers England

Are going to have a massive hole left in their team Sheet by the fact that lws has just finished off at his fourth Rugby World Cup this guy is essentially the Prototype of several players such as Peter stiff to to charlot olivon and though he’s definitely not the player he

Was like a couple years ago or so he’s still very very excellent and he will be dearly missed from test ragby 45 is levani btia a turnover machine from Fiji he used to play center as I’ve listed on the graphic but he’s been playing flanker for his club and for his

National team recently so even though the guy is like pretty much just an Out andout Center he’s just such a good Jackal option that they had to put him at seven and it worked out to be an absolute masterclass he was the only Fijian player at the World Cup born in

The 80s he took all of that experience to the world cup with him and had a Blinder 44 is Machu jeler of France though he is the second Choice player for his national team of the 10 Jersey I mean come on he was playing like a World

Cup winning 10 for most of 20123 whenever he was getting minutes though the um way he plays the game the underdog approach he takes it can be his biggest strength and his biggest weakness so that’s why I can’t put him up any higher I’ve now got CIA kesi in

At 43 kesi much like Curry much like jelly bear much like a few other players on this list um he didn’t quite have the um I guess amount of game time necessary to get himself into the top 10 or so but when he came back from injury for South

Africa it was massive South Africa were absolutely Dreadful in the rugby championship against the All Blacks they were very unconvincing against Argentina and the moment kisi came back I was like wow this is okay maybe I jumped the gun by thinking in my head maybe they’ll be

Out in the pool stage their chances of winning that World Cup went up by 11-fold a thousandfold a millionfold with kesi Beck in because he is such a good leader his leadership sh alone would be a good enough reason to place him in the list but since he’s a

Turnover machine and a very good carrier there’s extra reason to justify his place on the list now 42 is a Milano buelli very very good for Argentina excellent off the boot excellent on attack and a great defender so come on guys he has to be here he has to be um

Either Wing or fullback for his team in any given team they’ve got doesn’t matter which Jersey is in 14 115 he’s always in now 41 have got Gregory aldr of the French this guy is absolutely unbelievably good he’s so so powerful in the carry he’s brilliant at the breakdown and of course

I think he should probably take over as a French Captain with dupon about to go off and play sevens Gregory aldr man he is going to go down as one of the greats of the game I don’t even have words to describe the rest of them so let’s move

On to number 40 Joshua to Sila he kind of started as a bit of a Winger for Fiji but much like Lani btio who was on the list earlier well he’s pretty versatile and he did a really good job moving into the Midfield now that his passing game

Has really really come along he’s a big boy 113 kg but his handling it’s so so good so amazing to see how he’s done in 2023 WEA Nath Olivia though the fact that he’s a Fijian Captain I think just puts him slightly above toy Sila both very powerful players both very quick

But ultimately we see and NAU having really really good leadership for that team who was um I guess a team that did a lot better than I expected that has to just Place him above toy Sila because he would have put a lot of work in behind

The scenes as well now for 38 Marcus Smith um I did rank him as the best 10 in the world last year but the way Steve bwick wants to play the game has B Marcus Smith down the list quite a fair bit because well it’s not really a game

Plan that suits the way Marcus Smith plays but nevertheless he he just lit up that World Cup in the pull stages and he also did a really good job covering fullback against Fiji though he normally plays at fly half as got on the graphic he’s already played 30 tests at 24 years

Old he’s already been on a lions tour though he didn’t play a test during the last Lions tour I am sure we will see him on a lions tour again 37 is George North he was at his fourth world cup for the Welsh he has played 121 tests but he

Doesn’t look like slowing down anytime soon at just 31 years old maybe we could even see him you know go to a fifth World Cup it’s not out of the question considering Wales have such a small population so players do tend to get some pretty long careers with Wales

North is absolutely deserved his he’s in his best form for two years or so and so I had to have him on the list 36 bongi Ambi of South Africa yes South African fans you can be happy now that I’ve got inanami higher than Curry bongy inanami

One of the best lineup throwers in the world he is he is like rather in the last few years so though he’s kind of looked like he’s teasing off but he is this IM willpower to just keep playing he loves his country so much and even though his body can’t really necessarily

Keep up with his mindset such a unbelievable growth mindset such a love for his country it cannot be overturned by the body slowing down bongi and Bambi I honestly reckon could do a d on 4 for all week here and go to a third Rugby World Cup because he is world class

Number 35 I have will Rollins from Wales instrumental to their two Turn Around from the Six Nations he’s a turnover machine and a tackle machine up until Peter stiff D in the World Cup final Rollins had made the most tackles in an individual match of this World Cup

Because he is an absolute Workhorse luckily he’s going to remain eligible for Wales in 2024 as he’s played 29 tests a lump of a man as well adding huge bulk in the scrum he had a massive 2023 as did the Argentinian Captain julan Mona wowers if you want to look at

An all round hooker this is the guy at 30 years old at the peak of his career with 95 test caps there’s a possibility of him getting to a fourth world cup he knows the stuff around the mall he knows the stuff in the line out he’s like an

Extra flanker in the breakdown and he loves to make his tackles because he is always out there playing for his country 33 is Alice ging of England not as good as he was in 2022 but nevertheless amazing as the commentators always say this man is the baby rhino he just

Carries with such such passion at a 28 years old I’m so shocked he just hasn’t been on a line’s tour yet honestly get him on the plane to Australia for 2025 now Ethan NE Gro though have to have him above Alis geng Ethan the gr man he

Saved our country I was genuinely afraid we would go out in the quarterfinals but with this guy and Tyra LX who was further down the list with these two guys is our two starting props our peek has been so rejuvenated even though group did get a red card during the PO

Stages he was just like no it’s all good I’m going to play where it matters I’m going to get my Redemption every time his backs against the ball he just plays absolutely out of his skin he’s a tackle machine he’s a turnover machine and of course he is very very hard to bring

Down though he is big he is very fit and he has a huge asset to any team he plays for 31 is Franco moer The Tall Timber of South Africa able to play at both Blindside flank and lock he’s is very very Nimble very agile and with 73 tests

Under his belt at 32 years old I can’t think of many more locks who deserve to win two World Cups more than Franco mustard very much like Ambi he plays with a lot of heart and this is the kind of player who just has that follow me

Attitude that he’s kind of learned off kisi we now go to number 30 it’s Hugh Jones of Scotland wowers this guy is absolutely world class he’s pretty much the best all round C you can think of right now he’s got a very wide skill set with his kicking game his passing game

He’s very very quick despite being 29 years old despite being at an age where Pace starts to teas her off from professional athletes Hugh Jones is also a very very good tackler as you will see in a future video of mine he had an epic Six Nations he stood out at the World

Cup as well he was always trying to get Scotland back on the front foot so I have to have him on the list another player I have to have on this list it is Sam in my humble opinion he’s the greatest player to ever play this game

The fact that white loock was on the bench for the World Cup final and the World Cup quarterfinal it sums up pretty much everything wrong with The Ian Foster era white loock despite being an absolute Workhorse going from the living highlight reel in the earliest stages of

His career to just this gigantic Mammoth of a man who will just put you on your backside if you’re trying to run at the fringes of the breakdown crazy honestly there’s too many words I’ve got to talk about white lock with this guy made a Third World

Cup final the first male player to do it he’s won two World Cups he’s got a bronze he’s got a silver four World Cups medals from all of them amazing strike rate come on guys this guy deserves far more respect and he is 29th on my list having just retired from International

Rugby with 153 test caps there is no guy who deserves to be the All Black’s most kept ever player than Sam white loock now for the number 28 Duhan M of Scotland he is the one that got away from South Africa though I do have a few more South African players further up

The list Doan vand M would have added a lot to their attack man his frame of 6496 kgs very big very powerful but also really really agile and his 38 tests he is showing so many great acrobatic skills in the air on the wing at 28

Years old he’s at the peak of his powers let’s just continue enjoying this guy as much as we can now for number 27 is antoan dupond probably going to annoy a few french fans over here but he looks like a guy with a bit of pressure on his

Shoulders so I didn’t want to put him up too high because you know that trip to the Olympics he’s about to have I think he really needs it to rejuvenate himself he remains one of the best halfbacks in the world but he is starting to I think feel just too much responsibility in

That French team and it’s kind of not allowing him to play with that free flowing attitude he had really really early in his test career so hopefully he finds it so he can get back into the top five for 2024 now to finish off today’s video I’m going to make a massive shout

Out to Amato faka one of my followers on Instagram I’ve got him ranked 26th Place in the top 100 players in the world um after I followed him like oh damn this guy’s really good look at his H real awesome and every time Tong and I’m just

Going like whoa why is Amato atava not in tonga’s team turns out he was like no no I want to play for Japan and Japan quite simply put desperately needed this guy they needed his power in the set piece they needed his agility in the line out and of course all 6’5 118

Kg of him has got five tries from Seven disc caps for the Japanese it’s very hard to find players who are just so physically dominant like this for the Japanese he has really helped them in a huge time of need in a huge time of Crisis and thanks to this guy alone they

Were able a place third in their group and get automatic qualification for 2027 in Australia to start off the video I’m going to introduce Santiago arato is number 25 on the list maybe this is a bit of a controversial take but I truly believe that he is the second to best

Halfback in the world Santiago araza for a long time has been the Beating Heart of the uruan side Los tedos and simply put we finally got to see him on the world stage after a bit of an injury break and he was just once again phenomenal he is such an instinctive

Running passion he has a beautiful passing game and of course he’s an experienced player who is not scared to boss around the big forwards in his side with 45 test caps under his belt this guy is almost definitely going to go down as Uruguay’s greatest ever halfback

And maybe if it went for Diego or mcka he would be Uruguay’s greatest ever player we now have number 24 Ben dumy auna in the World Cup Tonga just simply put didn’t have a good enough draw to get themselves towards the quarterfinals and their line out throughout the

Competition was rubbish um toai keu didn’t really get a lot of Club level cohesion coming along in to help the SE Eagles ialah play well but luckily for bam auna their scrum was awesome whenever Tonga were playing against tier one Nations it was almost like every

Time it was two tier one Nations going at each other the bit one having a slight lead before floodgates were opening and that’s mostly due to the work of B Amy fern and now at 151 kgs you would think this guy probably scoffs down about I don’t know 20 Donuts a day

But he’s actually very very fit he’s not the player who’s huffing and puffing like how he used to be he’s got really really good lung capacity and of course a world class scrum technique it was also nice to see him get a few tries during the World Cup just really showing

Off his athletic ability as he used to play as a 10 at school we now go to number 23 this is Kurt Lee arenza while arenza isn’t going to be my world 15 which well of course you guys would have already seen arenza is still a very very

Good player and it would be criminal not for me to put him in the top 25 of the list at 27 years old he’s been somewhat of a late bloomer for a Winger but the type of player he is got a great step very very fast as well I mean it’s

Realistic he could get to a second Rugby World Cup just like chisin Colby while everyone was hailing him as the new chesin kby it was great to see them both in combination doing real Dam damage for South Africa this year but one spot above him in number 22 I have to have

Mark tiia because this guy just knows how to get into the Kill Zone he has an excellent Flow State an excellent mental Edge to his game and he just does not feel the pressure after the way his brother sadly left this world Mark toia man is playing for his Faro he is

Playing for God he is playing for just being the facts that he was such a guy who got ignored by Ian Foster for so long he should have made his test debut back in 20 when he finally got there in 2022 he was like right you’ve underrated

Me for so long I’m going to take that to leave in Jersey and he absolutely did that he nearly broke Jon Al lom’s record for most Defenders beaten at the World Cup becoming just the second player in history to beat 40 or more defenders in a world cup with just nine test caps

Under his belt and at 26 like arens he’s a bit of a late bloomer but he absolutely has the athletic capabilities to be at a second World Cup we now move over to Kin Doris so I have it number 21 because the way he can cover six and8

For the Irish is so so good he’s an unbelievably talented player Kalen Doris honestly he would pretty much start in every single other International side apart from New Zealand because the way he plays the game is just so amazing to watch turnover machine tackle machine

Carry machine he can do it all now at 20 Johnny ston his countryman is also here Johnny ston didn’t quite get to have the farewell he deserved but he retires from International Rugby with 125 test under his belt he retires from International Rugby as one of the greats of the game

And of course before he retired he was playing absolutely just amazingly at the world cup with his vision always on the pitch ready to strike at any given moment such a great tactician who will forever be remembered as one of the greats Now we move over to number 19

Darcy Graham of Scotland he didn’t quite have the same year as he did in 2022 as he did unfortunately miss the Six Nations due to injury but I have no regrets that I triple captained him against Romania I specifically saved that part of the fantasy league for when

Scotland played Romania and it was well worth it he delivered one of the most beautiful individual performances of all time in that game and every other time he turned out for Scotland in 2023 he was so unbelievably effective as well he’s got a wicked step I would love to

See him at a third Rugby World Cup we now have weenie atonio the number 18 of France though he normally wears the number three jersey internationally it’s been great to see him have such a great International career using his 6’6 146 kg frame to just beat Defenders

All the time and dominate the scrum all the time one of the best scrummaging props France have ever had it will be very very hard to replace him when he retires as it’s reported that he’s not going to retire just yet anyway 17 we have Aaron Smith who is indeed retiring

2023 will be his last team of International Rugby and of course he’s just going to finish off his career with Toyota verblitz in Japan Smith is at a great career I don’t think he’s going to go down as the old Black’s best halfback

Of all time as he did have a bit of an inconsistent career but throughout his career he achieved so much in 125 tests World Cup winner very very good pass and of course what we’d missed for a long time from Aaron Smith was his running

Game he bought it back to finish off his International career in 2023 and it was glorious to see him go out in such a way though he unfortunately couldn’t get a goal medal we now have Marcos Kramer in 16th Place he broke the record for most

Tackles in a single Rugby World Cup and he’s a huge asset of Blindside flank to Los peras 2 m tall 110 kgs and with 64 test caps at 26 years old there’s a good chance that if he keeps his discipline he could break Allen wi Jones’s record for the most cap player

Of all time that record will be very hard to take but you know what with Argentina not really having much of a rugby Pop playing population there’re sorry I think that if someone’s going to break that record this could be the guy we now move over to 15 Pato malaka he

Was France’s third choice hooker just a few years back and I think he finishes the Rugby World Cup as their first after he just absolutely destroyed everything in sight after taking the two Jersey from the injured Julian Maran Pato Maraka man honestly anybody would want him in their team of from South Africa

Because wowers p maaka is just a true one in a generation taling over a hooker and France need to keep starting him after this world cup now at 14 I have Owen frell the guy that everybody likes to hate well that’s not Jersy he wears he’s not exactly much of a running

Threat that’s what people say but they forget that with frell off the pitch England just are not the same team there’s nobody in that English lineup who can control the game quite like Owen Ferell and Marcus Smith and because Steve bwick couldn’t really make his

Mind up about who to start at 15 between Smith and Freddy Stewart well that meant Owen frell was the only regular starter for England in the backline that is remotely close to world class you can say whatever you want about his shoulder but simply put he has a high tackle

Accuracy rate he has a great kicking rate and of course the tactics have already mentioned nobody can bring them out of their English side better than Owen Farrell the backline is mostly boring to watch and without this guy I think I would just turn the TV off we

Now got a 13 and have got Peter stiff D toy well chromer broke that record I mentioned before D toy broke the record for most tackles in the World Cup final and he is an absolute Workhorse he’s had a few injuries over the years but he

Really came back to have what I believe was his best season as a springb controversial I know because of 2019 but simply put I don’t think anybody in that box pack Works harder than them and it says a lot about the guy when the 71 split is a thing but du toy

Still plays the full 80 superb Fitness especially with South Africa being such a set piece dominating team always witing the scrumble always wining line outs but no Peter stiff do toys like mate I don’t care put me on for the full 80 I’m going to deliver and he absolutely did that throughout the

Entire world cup now at 12 I have Richie moonga I’m gutted for this guy man that he can’t get a gold medal because simply put I was right about him the haters were wrong about him Richie moonga is the best team the All Blacks have ever

Had that isn’t Dan Carter and this year he was simply put going out on top his running Gamers world class and with Ian Foster finally trusting him with the game plan he was like yeah actually I can bring my Super Rugby form to T level

There’s a reason I named him as the best 10 in the world back in 2021 there’s a reason I am naming him as the second best 10 in the world right now and I am absolutely gutted here is off to Japan bro because Richie Mo I think at 29

Years old still has a lot to give to to the All Blacks he is a once in a generation talent I don’t think any of the other tens playing right now have near the amount of talent that Mong has it’s just a matter of you know consistency and everything like the All

Blacks the fact that moong plays for such a team means I can’t really have him at the number one 10 spot because over we go before we show the best TI in the world I want to give a huge shout out to Jack Morgan the Welsh Captain

This guy over here he saved that country Wales much like New Zealand is a bit of a small country with not really much of an identity outside of rugby the two countries are very very similar for the same reason but when Wales are playing well they play well on harsh and they

Play well on Pride Jack Morgan is a guy who bought that back into the Welsh Jersey gone with the leadership of the team who thought they were bigger than the game and in came a young man who is underrated and no longer he was like right I’ve been silently working no one

Noticing me for a few years I’m going to show hey look guys look at me I’m world class name me another open side flanker that can kick the 50 22s and the cross kicks in the same way as Jack Morgan name me another open side flanker who

Can get into a pod with backs and function both as a a right clearance option and a distributor name me a open side flanker who can do pretty much anything around the park I don’t think you can jack Morgan with Wales everyone saying Portugal is going to beat them he

Just took that frustration of his team and he delivered results with it congratulations to him on a huge season now at number 10 Malcolm Marx another Ford who needs to be on this list I know guys Malcolm Marx I didn’t actually play the full 80 in any games of the World

Cup because he tore his ACL in training but if Malcolm Mars didn’t get injured I think it’s safe to say South Africa could have won the World Cup final by a much larger margin this guy is the master of the driving Mall he’s like an extra loose forward when he’s over the

Ball and the breakdown and of course with that frame it always helps having that weight of his in the scrum to get the team that go forward that they always want to have anyway the best 10 in the world Remain inac the poor French man if this gu was at the World Cup

Maybe things could have been different but in the six games he did play in 2023 he was absolutely world class at just 24 years old he feels like he’s a 30-year-old veteran who just knows everything about the game Romain Interac isn’t bigger than the by any means but

Simply put he is the heartbeat of that French team without him they were looking a bit lost I think Dupont looks like there was a bit too much pressure Romaine Interac is an all round 10 and well he’s not necessarily as talented as Richie moonga he’s one of the hardest

Working first fives I have come across and hopefully in 2027 he can get to his second Rugby World Cup after all after just really cruy missing this one over to number eight Tom Ramos while he can play ten at Club level he has been a huge Revelation at fullback France in

2023 I was looking at huo Canan throughout most of the Season like oh yeah pretty good but in the Six Nations Tomy Ros just tuned up to kick so many points he scored the eighth to most points scored by any player in a calendar year in history and just had a

Beautiful season he’s a great defender he’s a great tactician I’ve already said he’s a great kicker come on guys and of course he ran over 800 100 m in 2023 he’s going to be in my world 15 for this year and I think you should probably

Know that by now at this point of the video If you haven’t watched my world 15 video already over at number seven I have Andrew Porter well there are two loose head props in my top 10 players in the world and if I was going to ignore

Andrew Porter I think the Irish will be banning me from their country Andrew Porter is just a freak of a player can squat nearly 300 kgs he’s one of the best scummers in the world and of course his running game very very very underappreciated by many who were always

Just drooling over as scrummaging you got to look out for this guy’s running game you got to look out for his distribution game and of course the tackles he’s just making so many he plays for nothing but his country he’s a man with tears at the start of every

National anthem he is just a player that everyone must appreciate if they know anything about rugby at six Bundy Ary the Irish player of the year he um had a bit of an injury didn’t quite get started in the Six Nations but he saved his best form till last the 55 chess

Veteran doing it all for his country at um 33 as well I’m really happy to see he’s not retiring yet he signed a two-year contract extension with the Irish hopefully going to go on a second British and Irish Lance tour Bundy ariman well in deservingly um got as

Well Player of the Year nomination but there are a few players who I think probably deserved it more we’ll move up to number five will Jordan robbery daylight robbery World rugby what are you up to man will Jordan for the second season as a professional athlete this

Storry got 10 or more test tries in a calendar year he got 10 this year including H for the duration of the Rugby World Cup getting a hatrick against Los perers and just a stunning display why was he not man of the match there as well will Jordan man seriously

He’s in such great form right now and anyone who doesn’t rate will Jordan stop watching the video we now got a number four ox and chair South Africa would have exited in the pool stage of not for this guy saving them in the scrum all

The time this guy over here is the best scrummaging she is the best scrumming in the world I want you to watch a 3-hour compilation of scrums then come back get on your knees and say salads do not win scrums please Lord give me some more

Cake because that way you will become an infinitely better scrimmager than you are now and maybe just maybe we can finally get someone to beat ox and chia in the scrum seriously he saved them against England he saved them against France and of course he tore the All

Blacks to pieces in the World Cup final what an excellent player oxen Cher is at number three Ian it’s Beth it’s only fair I’m going to fill up the number 10 the number 10 through the number one spots with type five forwards they’re the most important players in this game

And eanet Smith is the best type five forward in the world 2.04 M 119 kgs the greatest enforcer this game has ever seen the greatest South African player of all time and I can’t think of any other lock who deserves to win two Rugby World Cup titles than Ean zabeth him and

Sam white loock are the greatest locks to ever see the game that is it now at number two now you guys remember all those memes about Le Leonardo DiCaprio not winning an Oscar from about 10 years ago or so right well he won for the Revenant in I think 2015 but I think

There was actually a case of the Oscars having a bit of buyers remorse realizing they should have given it to him for Wolf of Wall Street and I think that’s a bit of a similar thing with RI Savia winning World Player of the Year in 2023

Were an actuality he should have won it in 2022 but before we get to the number one spot seriously Ari Savia is the greatest number eight the All Blacks have ever seen by this point he is the king he’s devastating the breakdown he can kick he runs heaps of meters in

Every single game he’s played he’s always got a high tackle account and now that he’s gone from the player who is keeping us from losing by record margins all the time in 2022 to finally getting the appreciation in 2023 has been awesome to see look back at 2018 see a

Bunch of comments saying oh he’ll be off to France soon like his brother or his crap Sam came better no since day one I believed he would be one of the greatest All Blacks of all time he’s proven the haters wrong and he is well and deservingly World rugby player of the

Year after he should have won in 2022 but they are once again going to have some buyers remorse because Damien Koo is actually the best player in the world for 2023 this guy here is just three tries away from being France’s highest of Tri scorer this guy has got the most tries

In a calendar year for any play outside of New Zealand he will step you he will fend you he will outs Sprint you he can out kick you Damian poo as well he plays a very very difficult defensive role for the French they’ve got a bit of a

Sliding defensive pattern so the fact that he gets forced to just complete such difficult tackles and still manages to get most of them down it’s a huge Testament to the true skill on the sky he is the most evasive player to tackle in the world for good reasons Daman Koo

Is like a fly half with the instincts of a center but he plays on the wing for France because they have this tactic where they always want to have a center wearing the number 14 jersey Damien Pio is the best rugby player in the world and I think world rugby like I said

Before are going to get some Biers remorse and reward Damian Pio in 2024 when he should have got it in 2023 and for those who have made it this far into the video you’ve made it to the end thank you so much for all the support

You have given to me Max at the black Jersey throughout 2023 I’ve got some very very exciting stuff coming in 2024 so cheers guys and a merry Christmas and happy New Year happy birthday Jesus as well God bless you all have a good rest of your year