{"id":569147,"date":"2025-11-14T05:17:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T05:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/569147\/"},"modified":"2025-11-14T05:17:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T05:17:09","slug":"dan-carter-goes-viral-after-naming-the-five-best-rugby-players-of-all-time-page-2-of-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/569147\/","title":{"rendered":"Dan Carter goes viral after naming the five best rugby players of all-time &#8211; Page 2 of 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Schalk Burger \u2013 \u201cI felt like I had a target on me\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cAn absolute beast. I felt like I had a target on me every time I played the Springboks,\u201d said Dan Carter.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>One of South Africa\u2019s fiercest competitors, Schalk Burger was a nightmare for any opposition fly-half\u2014and Carter knew it better than most. Known for his tireless work rate, fearless tackling, and wild blond mane, Burger earned over 80 caps and was instrumental in the Springboks\u2019 2007 World Cup triumph.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bio:<\/strong>\u00a0Schalk Burger (South Africa) \u2013 86 caps, World Cup winner (2007), 2004 World Player of the Year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thierry Dusautoir \u2013 \u201cBlinding games in big moments\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cHe had some blinding games in big moments \u2014 none more so than in the 2007 and 2011 World Cup games against the All Blacks.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>French captain Thierry Dusautoir tormented the All Blacks more than once. Carter vividly recalls Dusautoir\u2019s superhuman performance in the 2007 World Cup quarter-final, where the flanker made 38 tackles in one match. His leadership and commitment made him one of the most respected players in world rugby.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bio:<\/strong>\u00a0Thierry Dusautoir (France) \u2013 80 caps, 2011 IRB Player of the Year, captain in two World Cup finals.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ruck.co.uk\/dan-carter-goes-viral-after-naming-the-five-best-rugby-players-of-all-time\/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":"Schalk Burger \u2013 \u201cI felt like I had a target on me\u201d \u201cAn absolute beast. I felt like&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":569148,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4102],"tags":[4151,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-569147","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":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569147","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=569147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569147\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/569148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=569147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=569147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=569147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}