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Another day, another couple of positions up for grabs in our greatest Wallabies team of the Super Rugby era.
After covering off the halves yesterday – although you can still get your vote in for the team’s 9 and 10 if you haven’t already – today it’s time to turn our attention to the centre pairing.
Australia have been lucky to have some truly excellent centres don the gold jersey since 1996, including a number of men who captained the Wallabies.
Starting with inside centre, and we have 1999 World Cup player of the tournament Tim Horan as one of the options, as well as his former partner – who played at both 12 and 13 – Jason Little.
Elton Flatley played a key role in the 2003 World Cup run, Matt Giteau seemed to play just about every position in the backline for the Wallabies but was lethal as a centre, Berrick Barnes played a good chunk of his Test career at 12, and Samu Kerevi was a powerful midfield contributor for Australia in recent years.
Little pops up again as one of the candidates at no.13, and vying with him for the outside centre spot are Adam Ashley-Cooper, Tevita Kuridrani, as well as former captain Stirling Mortlock and his predecessor, World Cup winner Daniel Herbert.
Keep in mind that we’re only taking into account a player’s performances during the Super Rugby era, so don’t count Little and Horan’s contributions before then – say, for example, the role they played in winning the 1991 World Cup. We know, it’s hard to forget that pass by Horan, but that’s for another argument – like who the greatest World Cup player of all time is.
Anyway, let us know who you think the starting centres should be in this Wallabies side, and check back in tomorrow to finish off the starting XV with the outside backs.
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