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Pick the greatest Wallabies team of the Super Rugby era: Back row

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8th May, 2020
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The front row is done, the locks are pretty much locked in, now to pick the back row for our greatest Wallabies team of the Super Rugby era.

There are some tremendously talented players to choose from in this group, particularly at openside flanker, where Australia has got into the habit of producing some of the top no.7s in the world.

In fact, there are three two-time John Eales medallists in our contenders for the openside position: George Smith, David Pocock and Michael Hooper. Throw in a one-time winner of the award in Phil Waugh and a World Cup victor in David Wilson, and it’s quite the collection of flankers to choose from.

On the other side of the scrum, there’s the most-capped Wallabies no.6 of the era and former captain Rocky Elsom, as well as Matt Cockbain, Scott Fardy and, for those of you who are fans of just going for the line, man, Owen Finegan is of course an option. We’ve also included George Smith in the group of blindsides, given he did play a bit of rugby there for the Wallabies, including at the 2003 World Cup.

And at the back of the scrum at number eight, there’s another John Eales medallist in David Lyons, the powerful Toutai Kefu, Jim Williams and some more recent options like Wycliff Palu and Ben McCalman. As with Smith at blindside flanker, we’ve also included Pocock in the group of potential eights, given his excellent form there in 2015 at the World Cup.

So, those are the candidates, but who’s going to make the final team? Make your picks, let us know who you’ve chosen, and then be sure to come back tomorrow as we make a start on the backs.

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