SCOTT HAMILTON
THE FORMER ALL BLACK, CRUSADERS AND LEICESTER WINGER/FULL-BACK
The main reason I made the All Blacks team in 2006 was because I was in such a great Crusaders team. The Blues and the Hurricanes had just as skillful a team back then, if not more so, but we had an intangible quality, to do with our spirit and culture, that gave us an edge.
Players like Todd Blackadder and Reuben Thorne weren’t the flashiest but their influence on the team was immense and they were hugely respected. Richie McCaw was the same - he’d take all sorts of punishment yet never lost his cool....