"Wilkinson at 5th" - Artificial Intelligence Picks the Top 10 Rugby Players of All Time
Rugby NewsFriday, 09 June 2023 at 13:51
Artificial Intelligence programme Chat GPT, has cast it's vote on who are the top 10 men's rugby players of all time.
The AI has generated a compelling list of the greatest to ever play the game, with picks that would match that of most esteemed rugby critics.
The picks prove that artificial intelligence knows it's rugby, however there are some notable absentees from this list that rugby fans are likly to disagree with.
The likes of Alun Wyn Jones, Sergio Parrise and Joost van der Westhuizen all fail to make the grade, in fact there is not a single Springbok, Italian, Argentine or Scotsman in the Top 10.
Here is who the AI selected for the Top 10, from the post by
10. Serge Blanco
- 93 France Caps (previous record)
- Nicknamed the Pele of Rugby
- France's record try scorer (38)
- Amongst the Inaugural Players inducted into International Rugby Hall of Fame in 1997
- Inducted into IRB Hall of Fame in 2011
9. Sean Fitzpatrick
- Held All Blacks Captaincy for five years (1992 - 1997)
- Defeated the 1993 British & Irish Lions (2-1 Series)
- 1987 Rugby World Cup Winner
- 9x Bledisloe Cup Winner
- 2x Tri Nations Winner
- 2x Super Rugby Champion (with the Blues)
8. Sir Gareth Edwards
- Voted the greatest Rugby player of all time by a poll of international players in 2003.
- Voted the best player ever, in Will Carling's 'Top 50 Greatest Rugby Players'
- 3x Grand Slam Winner
- Recieved a Knighthood at 2015 Birthday Honours
- Scoring of The Greatest Try of All Time - Barbarians vs New Zealand in 1973
- 10 Test Caps for the British & Irish Lions
- Considered to be Wales' best ever player
7. Martin Johnson
- 5x Premiership Rugby Winner (Leicester Tigers)
- 2x Heineken Cup Winner
- 5x Six Nations Winner
- 2x Grand Slam Champion
- 2003 Rugby World Cup Winning Captain
- 3x British & Irish Lion
- 2x British & Irish Lion Tour Captain
6. David Campese
- Considered to be the greatest Australian rugby player ever
- 1991 Rugby World Cup Player of the Tournament
- 1991 Rugby World Cup Winner
- Sports Australia Hall of Fame inductee in 1997
- Australian Centenary Medal Recipient in 2001
- Australian Rugby Union Hall of Fame Inductee 2007
- IRB Hall of Fame Inductee in 2013
5. Jonny Wilkinson
- 2003 Rugby World Cup Winner
- 4x Six Nations Winner
- World Rugby Hall of Fame Inductee (2016)
- Awarded Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
- 2x Heineken Cup Winner (Toulon)
- 2x Top 14 Winner (Toulon)
- Premiership Rugby Champion (1997/98 Newcastle Falcons)
- 2x Powergen Cup Winner (Newcastle Falcons)
4. Dan Carter
- 2x Rugby World Cup Champion (2011 and 2015)
- 9x Tri Nations/ Rugby Championship Winner
- British & Irish Lions Test Series Victory 2005
- 3x Super Rugby Champion (Crusaders)
- 2x Top 14 Champion (Perpignan and Racing 92)
- Japan Top League Champion (2018 - Kobelco Steelers)
- 3x IRB World Player of the Year
- All Time Super Rugby Leading Points Scorer
- All Time International Rugby Leading Point Scorer
3. Brian O'Driscoll
- 2x Six Nations Champion
- 2009 Six Nations Grand Slam
- 3x Six Nations Player of the Year
- Six Nations All Time Top Try Scorer (26 tries)
- 4x British & Irish Lion
- 4x Celtic League Winner (Leinster)
- 3x Heineken Champions Cup Winner
- European Challenge Cup Winner 2012/13
2. Jonah Lomu
- Considered to be one of the greatest athletes in the history of sport
- Regarded as 'Rugby Union's biggest draw'
- 1995 BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year
- Youngest All Black to make a Test Debut (19 years old and 45 days)
- 1995 Rugby World Cup Try of the Tournament
- 1995 Rugby World Cup Runner Up
- 2x Tri Nations Champion
- Scored the Winning Try in the 'Match of the Century' (All Blacks v Australia 2000)
1 Richie McCaw
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - OCTOBER 04: Richie McCaw of the All Blacks passes the ball during the Rugby Championship match between the South African Springboks and the New Zealand All Blacks at Ellis Park Stadium on October 4, 2014 in Johannesburg, South Africa. (Photo by David Rogers/Getty Images)
- 2x Rugby World Cup Winner (2011 and 2015)
- 10x Tri Nations/ Rugby Championship Winner
- 4x Super Rugby Champion (Crusaders)
- 6x Provincial Champion (Canterbury)
- All Blacks Captain 2006 - 2015
- Considered to be the Greatest Rugby player of All time
- Considered as the Greatest All Blacks player of All time
- Most Capped International (148 - Now surpassed by Alun Wyn Jones)
- McCaw was appointed a member of New Zealand's highest honour, the Order of New Zealand, in the 2016 New Year Honours.
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