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Emilee Cherry
Emilee Cherry (now Emilee Barton), born 1992 in Roma, Queensland, is an Australian rugby sevens player who won gold at Rio 2016, was the first Australian World Rugby Women's Sevens Player of the Year (2014), scored 131 World Series tries, retired in 2021, and became the team's first female assistant coach and a 2024 World Rugby Hall of Fame inductee.
Ethan Adams
Ethan Adams, born in 2007, is a South African rugby union center for the Lions in the United Rugby Championship and a 2026 Junior Springboks world champion.
Faf de Klerk
Faf de Klerk (Francois de Klerk, born 1991), South African Springbok scrum-half; two-time Rugby World Cup winner (2019, 2023), ex-Sale Sharks and Yokohama Canon Eagles, Toyota Cheetahs from 2026.
Fehi Fineanganofo
Fehi Fineanganofo (Fatafehi F Fineanganofo), born 2002 in Auckland, is a New Zealand rugby winger; All Blacks Sevens and Paris 2024 Olympian, Hurricanes record try-scorer, and 2026 All Blacks debutant.
Finn Russell
Finn Russell (born 1992, Stirling) is a Scottish rugby union fly-half for Bath Rugby and Scotland, known for inventive passing and playing flat to the defensive line.
Francisco Abal
Francisco "Panchito" Abal (Francisco Domingo Abal Guerault, 1951–1972), Uruguayan rugby winger for Old Christians Club and the 1970 national team, died in the Andes Flight 571 crash after swapping seats with Nando Parrado; depicted in Society of the Snow.
Francois Pienaar
Francois Pienaar (Jacobus Francois Pienaar, born 1967) is a South African flanker who captained the Springboks in all 29 of his tests and won the 1995 Rugby World Cup, famously receiving the Webb Ellis Cup from Nelson Mandela.
Frank Smith
Frank Smith (Francis Bede Smith, 1886-1954), Australian rugby union centre from Wellington, NSW; won gold with Australasia in rugby at the 1908 London Olympics, beating Cornwall 32-3.
Gavin Henson
Gavin Henson (born 1982, Bridgend) is a Welsh former rugby union centre, 33 Wales caps, 2005 and 2008 Grand Slams, 2005 British and Irish Lion, later a reality-TV celebrity and pub owner.
Gemma Etheridge
Gemma Etheridge (born 1986, Armidale, NSW) is an Australian rugby sevens player, Rio 2016 Olympic gold medallist, former touch footballer and radiographer who returned from a third ACL rupture via LARS surgery.
George Fish
George Winthrop Fish (Dixie), 1895-1977, American rugby player and urologist; won 1920 Antwerp Olympic rugby gold with the USA, and inspired the Dr. Kildare character.
George Ford (rugby union)
George Ford (born 1993, Oldham) is an English rugby union fly-half for Sale Sharks and England, 100+ caps, record youngest professional debut at 16 years 237 days, 27-point 2023 World Cup game vs Argentina.
George Gregan
George Gregan is a retired Australian rugby union scrum-half who played 139 Tests for the Wallabies from 1994 to 2007 and won the 1999 Rugby World Cup.
George North
George North, Welsh rugby union wing or centre, born 1992, Anglesey; 121 Wales caps, 47 tries, four Six Nations, two Grand Slams; Lions 2013 and 2017; retired from professional rugby in 2026 after Provence.
Handré Pollard
Handré Pollard (born 1994) is a South African rugby union fly-half, 87 Springbok caps and 832 points, winner of the 2019 and 2023 Rugby World Cups; clubs include Blue Bulls, Montpellier, Leicester Tigers, and the Bulls.
Hanyani Shimange
Hanyani Shimange, nicknamed Shimmy, born 1978, South African rugby union hooker; nine Springbok Test caps all as a reserve from 2004; played for Sharks, Cats, Stormers, Cheetahs; later a rugby media commentator.
Heaton Wrenn
Heaton Luse Wrenn (1900-1978), American rugby union player and lawyer; won 1920 Antwerp Olympic gold when the USA beat France 8-0; Stanford J.D. 1924; co-founded Anderson, Wrenn & Jenks in Honolulu.
Henry Pollock (rugby union)
Henry Pollock (born 2005, Banbury) is an English rugby union back row for Northampton Saints and England; 2024 U20 World champion, two-try England debut vs Wales 2025, youngest 2025 British & Irish Lions tourist.
Hubert Lefebvre
Hubert Lefèbvre (Hubert Jean Daniel Lefèbvre, 1878-1937) was a French rugby union forward who won gold with France at the 1900 Paris Olympics and captained Racing Club de France to the 1902 French title.
Huw Jones (rugby union)
Huw Jones, born 1993, is a Scottish rugby union center who plays for Glasgow Warriors and Scotland and toured Australia with the British and Irish Lions in 2025.
J. P. R. Williams
J. P. R. Williams, known as JPR, was a Welsh rugby union full-back who won 55 Wales caps from 1969 to 1981 and toured with the British and Irish Lions.
Jack Patrick
Jack Patrick (John Clarence Patrick, 1898-1959) was an American rugby union player who won Olympic gold with the USA at Antwerp 1920 and Paris 1924, and a Stanford football fullback and captain who later became a San Francisco insurance broker.
James Haskell
James Haskell (born 1985), English rugby union back-row forward, 77 England caps, 2017 British and Irish Lions tourist, Wasps, Stade Français, Highlanders, Northampton Saints; retired 2019, now podcaster and author.
James Lowe (rugby union)
James Lowe (born 1992, Nelson, New Zealand) is a New Zealand-born rugby union winger for Leinster and Ireland, a former Maori All Black, 2025 British and Irish Lion, and Leinster record try scorer who left for Japan in 2026.
Jamie Roberts
Jamie Roberts, Welsh rugby union inside centre for Wales and the British and Irish Lions (2009, 2013 tours), 2009 Lions player of the series, later a qualified doctor, TV pundit, and WRU board director since 2023.
Jasa Veremalua
Jasa Veremalua (born 1988, Sigatoka, Fiji) is a Fijian rugby sevens wing who won gold at the 2016 Rio Olympics, 2018 Commonwealth silver, and 2015/16 World Series MVP.
Jean Collas
Jean Collas (1874-1928), French rugby and tug-of-war athlete of Racing Club de France; won 1900 Olympic gold in rugby and silver in tug-of-war at Paris.
Jean Pascal Barraque
Jean Pascal Barraque, born 1991 in Le Chesnay, is a French rugby union and sevens international (fly-half, centre, fullback, wing) who won the 2012 European Challenge Cup with Biarritz and Olympic sevens gold at Paris 2024.
Jeff Wilson (sportsman)
Jeff Wilson (Goldie), born 1973, New Zealand dual international who played 60 rugby tests for the All Blacks 1993–2001 and one-day cricket for New Zealand, later a Sky Sport rugby commentator.
Jeremy Guscott
Jeremy Guscott (born 1965, Bath), the 'Prince of Centres', English rugby union centre for Bath (266 apps, 710 points), 65 England caps 1989-99, three Lions tours, and the 1997 series-winning drop goal in Durban.