@@Faust_ZA 😂😂😂 more to look at in Holland than Rugby 😆 am impressed that we (Ireland) got 3 in to the list and didn't get arguably our best in, Ciaran Fitzgerald was Irelands best ever 2
Marx is better than both Bismarck and Smit. I always rated Bismarck as one of the best but his temper on the field cost us/him a lot. Marx is basically Bismarck but more composed and level headed.
@@DistractedSports 6:25 completely agree with your take on ol' mate Dane. Went to school with his wife and played college rugby against the bugger. He was a pest then and no doubt he's a pest after hours too.
What no Steve Thompson, come on ..............The size of a second row, the handling skills of an octopus, speed of a winger and a face like a bag of spanners, what more could you want...
Keith wood was so ahead of his time. He has more in common with todays hookers( sheehan,kelleher, marx etc) than the bruts of the 90's . And i say bruts with respect i just mean they were big men.
not sure about the guys above malcom marx when you said you got results from the most toxic forum in the world i knew it was gonna be unreliable but i still appreciate this content that two cents part was hilarious no aussies? moore? fain nga?
@@sirfrancis6058 no the platform reddit is toxic and if you dont agree it all make sense already just think about it the fact that you're defending reddit means you're and degen
@@Faust_ZA I invite you to join the rugby union forum, genuinely one of the nicest place on the internet. Again the only moments of tension came over bok fans whining about the ref
@@sirfrancis6058 haha ok buddy sir francis redditor dont be salty cause the boks have 3 rwcs we're playing with government regulations and still beating other teams despite our handicap calm your tits
Uli Schmidt. Take it from me because you don't know him. Go and search him. He's the legend of the game. Sorry to say you're list without him at no 1 or 2 is up to shit. The only one that might beat him may be Sean Fitzpatrick
Good to see you getting through the list. Quick side project for you- would be great to see you narrate a whole video on the best of rupeni caucau nboka. You know who I mean...
The capttion should probably read the best hookers from 1995 onwards.....of all time? No way! There were guys like Andy Dalton, Willie Kahts, Uli Scmidt, Tom Lawton, Piston van Wyk and a couple more prior to this era. Maybe a bit of research would not be such a bad thing. Also, Bullet Dalton at his peak was better than Keith Wood
Cannot believe Uli Schmidt did not make the list. Proof that the isolation years definitely hurt South African rugby. By far a better hooker than most of those on this list, possibly better than all of them.
Where’s Steve Thompson and Dylan Hartley. The first because he won a World Cup so has to be up there, even though I don’t think I’ve seen a player that shape before or since. A couple of your South Africans look as if they liked to tuck it away a bit like that. Dylan Hartley because he was an absolute xxxx. I could name a couple of Welsh heroes too like the incomparable Bobby Windsor, a steelworker in the days when rugby players had proper jobs and fights between packs were an obligatory part of any International. Come on, who wouldn’t vote for someone who was part of the Viet Gwent front row?
Quite simple, look at The Pontypool Front Row. The greatest front row of all time. Get a TARDIS, pick them up. Every frony row would be sh1tting bricks. Bobby Windsor is the best Hooker of ALL Time. If you had a cheap shot at him, it ended up expensive (and painful) on your part!
coles and fitzy id say, quite clearly the best 2 of all time. The whole welsh front row of the 70's they were probably the best combo, or 1 of the best
Some of/ most of these jokes are way too forced and don't rlly land. I think generally man if you cut the amount of jokes in half they'd land more. As is they're so frequent it just goes in one ear and out the other. Just my take
Malcolm Marks is Better than Dan Cole's,John Smith and Bismarck Du Plessis for sure.Its a Pitty he got injured in the 2023 World Cup.Malcolm Mark's Will be the Greatest Hooker in Rugby History when he ends his Career.!!!...PERIOD. Thank You.💪
Can't believe that there were no Dutch Hookers on this list, I've been to Holland a few times and can genuinely say they have the best...
lol when have you seen the dutch in tier 1 rugby?
@@Faust_ZA 😂😂😂 more to look at in Holland than Rugby 😆 am impressed that we (Ireland) got 3 in to the list and didn't get arguably our best in, Ciaran Fitzgerald was Irelands best ever 2
Probably if they were top tier playing in the Six Nations instead of the Rugby Europe Championship
Marx is better than both Bismarck and Smit. I always rated Bismarck as one of the best but his temper on the field cost us/him a lot. Marx is basically Bismarck but more composed and level headed.
Totally agree.
Similar story with Eben, and former locks...
Sorry boet, love Malcolm but he hasn't surpassed Bizzie yet, not to mention where is Uli?
Woods was top. He had speed. Hands, kicking skill and brains. You could put him in 12 and he'll still do a job
I would say Keith wood is my no1
You'd think I'd get tired of all the penis-related metaphors, but I'm not. Hilarious.
Kevin Mealamu 100 tests for the ABs in an era where they won 80%+ of all their tests. With competition like Andrew Hore around. Says it all
As a Saffa I really rated Kev. And such a nice guy too.
This video was so well put together & actually made me hungry for BBQ & potatoes. Great work pal👏
As a Kiwi watching from Turkey (!) it’s good to hear another Kiwi accent on TH-cam.
This wasn't just your typical top 10 list. It was like a list written by Nick Cummins and Marc Ellis. Loved it!
Thanks champion!
@@DistractedSports 6:25 completely agree with your take on ol' mate Dane. Went to school with his wife and played college rugby against the bugger. He was a pest then and no doubt he's a pest after hours too.
Uli is DEFNITLY in the Top 3.Just a Pitty he could play more Games for the Springboks,because of Sport Boycott against SA
Shane Byrne has no business on this list.
He's perfection
@@carrigadaashcroft yh he’s the most human of the top 10
What no Steve Thompson, come on ..............The size of a second row, the handling skills of an octopus, speed of a winger and a face like a bag of spanners, what more could you want...
Coles by light years, along with fitzy who was nowhere an athlete compared to him but had the brains , 2nd best best would be a number of players
dead right, best ever by miles.
Didn't realize you were assembling an all time team here, but great to see the past greats get a mention
Just leave this here.... Uli Schmidt
wow reddit finally got soemthing right, sad for fitzpatrick. great captain player and human, but woody wins and rightly so
Keith wood was so ahead of his time. He has more in common with todays hookers( sheehan,kelleher, marx etc) than the bruts of the 90's . And i say bruts with respect i just mean they were big men.
The best rugby position-it is fabulous. Wish I had been forced to play it earlier
Uli Schmidt should have been on the list. He was known as the doctor who made his own patients
Uli Schmidt for sure.
TONY YOURE BACK THANK THE LORD
Call off the search party!
More dodgy similes than Arfur Daly on acid this is the best top 10 list ever!
Bismarck is still playing. 🙂
No place for Uli Schmidt?
Spook Ek nou I'm sy Naam reg te spel
Schalk britz???
I'd definitely take Schalk Britz before Dane Coles - running rugby included.
not sure about the guys above malcom marx when you said you got results from the most toxic forum in the world i knew it was gonna be unreliable but i still appreciate this content that two cents part was hilarious no aussies? moore? fain nga?
The most toxic? Are you kidding? Let me guess you're a saffa who moaned about the ref and got called out for it?
@@sirfrancis6058 no the platform reddit is toxic and if you dont agree it all make sense already just think about it the fact that you're defending reddit means you're and degen
@@Faust_ZA I invite you to join the rugby union forum, genuinely one of the nicest place on the internet. Again the only moments of tension came over bok fans whining about the ref
@@sirfrancis6058 Now there's a surprise!
@@sirfrancis6058 haha ok buddy sir francis redditor dont be salty cause the boks have 3 rwcs we're playing with government regulations and still beating other teams despite our handicap calm your tits
Uli Schmidt. Take it from me because you don't know him. Go and search him. He's the legend of the game. Sorry to say you're list without him at no 1 or 2 is up to shit. The only one that might beat him may be Sean Fitzpatrick
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What about Mbonambi
You ever played RUGBY??
bullet dalton must be up there
Phil Kearns probably needed to make the list and maybe Agustin Creevy?
Agustin yes but I'd leave Kearns
Both for sure, but who’d they replace? Maybe make a top 12 then
@@hankgoldenshaft I'd leave out Rory Best and one of the Saffas, probably Smit.
Good to see you getting through the list. Quick side project for you- would be great to see you narrate a whole video on the best of rupeni caucau nboka. You know who I mean...
I looked into doing this before, it's just really hard to find decent footage of him in his prime
Ah, Uncle Fester!!
Dan Sheehan says hello.
The capttion should probably read the best hookers from 1995 onwards.....of all time? No way! There were guys like Andy Dalton, Willie Kahts, Uli Scmidt, Tom Lawton, Piston van Wyk and a couple more prior to this era. Maybe a bit of research would not be such a bad thing. Also, Bullet Dalton at his peak was better than Keith Wood
Swap Keith wood and Fitzy, and drop Dane Coles to 10 (Dane better than Marx? are you kidding me?), and this list is OK. Honorable mention to "bullet".
Dane coles for the next PM of NZ .....
Agree with that!
Fitzpatrick
Schalk Brits didn't make it ahead of Shane Byrne?
I think it'd be interesting if you put the players already selected at the end of the video, as a reminder
Hey buddy, yep starting doing that now 8:53
@@DistractedSports damn sorry, i missed it on my viewing. Must have looked away right at that moment 😰
I agree keithwood no 1
Fitzpatrick, Wood, Moore.
Where's Steve Thomson?
If Malcolm Marx is not regarded as the greatest South African Hooker of all time by the time he retires I’ll sell my kidneys
Greatest of all time!!!What do you mean in SA.
Cannot believe Uli Schmidt did not make the list. Proof that the isolation years definitely hurt South African rugby. By far a better hooker than most of those on this list, possibly better than all of them.
Keith wood unshakeable at #1. Played in a bad team and won world player of the year...at hooker. Think of how mad that is.
Where’s Steve Thompson and Dylan Hartley.
The first because he won a World Cup so has to be up there, even though I don’t think I’ve seen a player that shape before or since. A couple of your South Africans look as if they liked to tuck it away a bit like that.
Dylan Hartley because he was an absolute xxxx.
I could name a couple of Welsh heroes too like the incomparable Bobby Windsor, a steelworker in the days when rugby players had proper jobs and fights between packs were an obligatory part of any International. Come on, who wouldn’t vote for someone who was part of the Viet Gwent front row?
Not Creevy??
Ullie Schmit
Overweight mother-in-law 🤣🤣🤣
Dan Sheehan will make this list soon. I think he will be far better than Woods and Keith would probably admit it too.
Yep i think in a recent off the ball video he said sheehan was recolutionising the position
Sean Fitzpatrick is above Wood for me, Marx is too low down, needs to be in the top 5.
So no players from pre professionalism . Sums it up really .
Quite simple, look at The Pontypool Front Row. The greatest front row of all time. Get a TARDIS, pick them up. Every frony row would be sh1tting bricks. Bobby Windsor is the best Hooker of ALL Time. If you had a cheap shot at him, it ended up expensive (and painful) on your part!
Graham price in my oppinion best tighthead prop ever
coles and fitzy id say, quite clearly the best 2 of all time. The whole welsh front row of the 70's they were probably the best combo, or 1 of the best
No Uli Schmidt! No Phil Kearns No Ledesma, seriously Shane Byrne? Not even in the top 10 Irish Hookers.
Yeah Shame Byrne was a weird one.
Schalk brits
Keith Wood...? 😆
1st player to win World player of the year.
@@johnmc3862 f**king legend at that!
Kev is a top 3 not 7
Promo'SM
Rory Best couldnt throw, John Smit couldnt play and you left out possibly the best of all time Steve Thompson.
Some of/ most of these jokes are way too forced and don't rlly land.
I think generally man if you cut the amount of jokes in half they'd land more. As is they're so frequent it just goes in one ear and out the other. Just my take
wha d'ya say there? only read half of the post as the rest passed me by 🤭
Agreed kinda kills the flow at times too
Noted. Thanks for the feedback buddy.
@@DistractedSports some of them land really well, just a question of balance
Malcolm Marks is Better than Dan Cole's,John Smith and Bismarck Du Plessis for sure.Its a Pitty he got injured in the 2023 World Cup.Malcolm Mark's Will be the Greatest Hooker in Rugby History when he ends his Career.!!!...PERIOD. Thank You.💪
No place for Uli Schmidt?
Agreed!! Unfortunately he didn't play much test rugby
LOL yeah Uli should definitely have been in there just below Fitzy.
Where's Steve Thomson?