{"id":198664,"date":"2025-06-20T02:02:08","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T02:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/198664\/"},"modified":"2025-06-20T02:02:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T02:02:08","slug":"dan-carter-reveals-the-one-springbok-star-that-scared-him-during-his-career-page-2-of-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/198664\/","title":{"rendered":"Dan Carter reveals the one Springbok star that scared him during his career &#8211; Page 2 of 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>#3 Jonah Lomu \u2014 The Rugby Juggernaut<\/p>\n<p><strong>Winger | The Original Beast<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lomu was a wrecking ball on cleats. The giant who sprinted like lightning and left defenders grasping at air. If rugby had a superhero, Jonah was it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Carter said:<\/strong><br \/>\u201cHe was the toughest player. I played against him once, I was 19-year-old and tried to tackle him, kinda woke up five metres back. I actively stayed away from him after that. He changed the game of rugby.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lomu Legends (You Can\u2019t Make This Stuff Up)<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>120kg speed demon who could clock 10.8 seconds for 100m<\/li>\n<li>Had his own McDonald\u2019s burger (yes, really)<\/li>\n<li>TIME magazine\u2019s only rugby cover star<\/li>\n<li>Leeds were reportedly keen to sign him in 2001<\/li>\n<li>Played 63 tests for the All Blacks, scoring 37 tries<\/li>\n<li>Helped New Zealand win the 2001 Rugby World Cup Sevens<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>#2 Schalk Burger \u2014 The Human Bulldozer<\/p>\n<p><strong>Flanker | Springbok Steel<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you wanted a nightmare on the pitch, Schalk Burger was it. Known for punishing tackles and an iron will, he battled back from injuries that would have ended most careers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Carter said:<\/strong><br \/>\u201cA real competitor and absolute top bloke off the field as well. His mindset was a little bit different when he was out there competing. That just made him such a tough opponent to come up against. Probably the only player who scared me on the rugby pitch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Schalk Burger Facts (Toughness Overload)<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Named World Rugby Player of the Year in 2004<\/li>\n<li>Key player in South Africa\u2019s 2007 Rugby World Cup-winning squad<\/li>\n<li>Overcame a life-threatening infection in 2013 to return to top rugby<\/li>\n<li>Played 86 tests for the Springboks between 2003\u20132016<\/li>\n<li>Known for his brutal tackles and dominance at the breakdown<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ruck.co.uk\/dan-carter-reveals-the-one-springbok-star-that-scared-him-during-his-career\/3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CONTINUES ON PAGE THREE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Like this:<\/p>\n<p>Like Loading&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"sd-link-color\"\/>\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"#3 Jonah Lomu \u2014 The Rugby Juggernaut Winger | The Original Beast Lomu was a wrecking ball on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":198665,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4102],"tags":[4151,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-198664","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-rugby","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114713234255795804","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198664"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198664\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/198665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}