Who are the best ever Wallabies and All Blacks?

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Ranking players from generations is no easy task. Was David Campese better than Ken Catchpole? Was Grant Fox better than Colin Meads?

Here are what I consider to be the ten greatest players to represent the Wallabies and the All Blacks:

WALLABIES
1. David Campese
2. George Gregan
3. Mark Ella
4. Simon Poidevin
5. Ken Catchpole
6. John Eales
7. Cyril Towers
8. Tim Horan
9. Stephen Larkham
10. Stirling Mortlock

ALL BLACKS
1. Colin Meads
2. Grant Fox
3. Sir Wilson Whineray
4. Sean Fitzpatrick
5. Jonah Lomu
6. Ian Kirkpatrick
7. Bob Scott
8. Michael Jones
9. Dan Carter
10. Don Clarke

What are your thoughts on these lists?

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