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Aug 2023
41m 49s

Rugby World Cup Top Tens: 1. Captains

Bbc Radio 5 Live
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World Cup winners Matt Dawson and Bryan Habana join Chris Jones to rank their greatest World Cup captains. Find out whether Bryan has the 1995 South African captain Francois Pienaar at the top of his list. And where does Matt have his 2003 winning captain Martin Johnson? And where does Richie McCaw end up?

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