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Ronan O'Gara
Ronan O'Gara, Irish rugby union fly-half born 1977 in San Diego; Munster and Ireland record points scorer, 2009 Grand Slam hero, two Heineken Cups as player, and La Rochelle head coach winning the 2022 and 2023 Champions Cups.
Rory Best
Rory Best (born 1982, Craigavon) is a retired Irish rugby union hooker who captained Ulster and Ireland, won 124 Ireland caps, four Six Nations titles including the 2018 Grand Slam, and later became Ulster Rugby's General Manager.
Ruby Tui
Ruby Malae Tui, New Zealand rugby union wing born 1991 in Wellington; Olympic sevens silver (Rio 2016) and gold (Tokyo 2020), 2019 World Rugby Women's Sevens Player of the Year, Black Ferns No. 235, 2021 World Cup winner, author of Straight Up.
Rudy Scholz
Rudy Scholz, full name Rudolph John Scholz, was an American rugby union scrum-half who won Olympic gold with the United States in 1920 and 1924.
Sam Warburton
Sam Warburton, Welsh openside flanker and dual captain of Wales (record 49 times) and the British & Irish Lions (2013 series win, 2017 drawn series), retired in 2018 at 29 with 79 Test caps.
Sam Whitelock
Sam Whitelock (Samuel Laurence Whitelock), born 1988, New Zealand rugby lock; most-capped All Black with 153 Tests, two Rugby World Cups (2011, 2015), Crusaders and Pau player, retired 2024.
Savenaca Rawaca
Savenaca Rawaca, Fijian rugby union player born 1991 in Navatu, Bua; Olympic gold medalist with Fiji men's sevens at Rio 2016; French clubs La Rochelle, Bayonne, Beziers, Tarbes, Bourgoin, now Voiron centre.
Scott Barrett (rugby union)
Scott Kevin Barrett (born 1993) is a New Zealand rugby union lock, All Black No. 1155 since 2016, Crusaders captain 2020-2024 with four Super Rugby titles, and All Blacks captain 2024-2025 under Scott Robertson.
Sébastien Chabal
Sébastien Chabal (born 1977), nicknamed l'Homme des Cavernes or the Caveman, is a French former rugby union forward, 62 caps for France 2000-2011, Sale Sharks Premiership winner, famous for his beard, tackling, and 2025 concussion memory-loss disclosure.
Semi Kunatani
Semi Kunatani (Semi Kunabuli Kunatani), Fijian flanker born 1990; Rio 2016 Olympic sevens gold medallist in Fiji's first ever Olympic medal, 10 Test caps, later Toulouse, Harlequins, Castres and MLR.
Shane Horgan
Shane Horgan, nicknamed Shaggy, Irish rugby union wing and centre (born Drogheda 1978) who won 65 Ireland caps, played 200-plus games for Leinster, and was a 2005 British and Irish Lions test replacement.
Shannon Parry
Shannon Parry (Shannon Michelle Parry), Australian flanker born 1989 in Brisbane; co-captained Australia to the first Olympic women's rugby sevens gold at Rio 2016, captained the Wallaroos, played four World Cups, and retired in 2023, now coaching Australia A women's sevens.
Sharni Williams
Sharni Williams (Sharni Smale), born 1988 in Batlow NSW, Australian rugby sevens and Wallaroos player; Rio 2016 Olympic gold co-captain, 2022 RWC Sevens winner, three-time World Series champion, Australia's most-capped sevens player.
Siya Kolisi
Siya Kolisi (Siyamthanda Kolisi, born 1991, Zwide, Port Elizabeth) is a South African flanker, first black Springbok captain (2018), and double Rugby World Cup-winning captain (2019, 2023) with 100 Test caps.
Stacey Waaka-Fluhler
Stacey Waaka-Fluhler, also known as Stacey Waaka or Stacey Fluhler, is a New Zealand rugby sevens and fifteens player who won Olympic gold at Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024 and plays NRLW league.
Steve Borthwick
Steve Borthwick (born 1979, Carlisle), English rugby union lock with 57 England caps and 21 as captain, Bath and Saracens player, then forwards coach under Eddie Jones, Leicester Tigers coach, and England men's head coach since December 2022.
Steve Hansen
Sir Steve Hansen, New Zealand rugby coach, All Blacks head coach 2012-2019 with 93 wins from 107 Tests (86.9%), 2015 World Cup winner, former Wales coach 2002-2004, four-time World Rugby Coach of the Year.
Stuart Hogg
Stuart Hogg, Scottish rugby union full-back from Hawick; 100 Scotland caps, record 27 tries, captain 2020-2022, Lions 2013/2017/2021; retired 2023, later Montpellier; MBE revoked 2026 after domestic abuse conviction.
Tana Umaga
Tana Umaga (Jonathan Falefasa Umaga, born 1973), New Zealand rugby union centre and wing, 74-Test All Black and first Pacific Island heritage captain; later coached Toulon, Blues, Moana Pasifika, and the All Blacks defence.
Thom Evans
Thom Evans is a Scottish former rugby union wing and full back who played for Glasgow Warriors, won ten Scotland caps, and retired in 2010 after a spinal injury.
Thomas du Toit
Thomas du Toit (born 1995, Cape Town), nicknamed The Tank, is a South African Springbok prop and 2019 Rugby World Cup winner who played for the Sharks, then Bath from 2023, winning the 2025 Premiership and Challenge Cup double before rejoining the Sharks for 2026/27.
Tom Curry (rugby union)
Tom Curry (born 1998) is an English rugby union flanker for Sale Sharks and England, twin of Ben Curry, a 2020 Six Nations winner, two-time Lions Test starter, and 2019 World Cup finalist.
Ugo Monye
Ugo Monye (Ugochukwu Chiedozie Chinye Monye), born 1983, English rugby union winger, one-club Harlequins player 2002-2015, 14 England caps, 2009 Lions top try scorer, now a TNT Sports pundit and RFU diversity group chair.
Vatemo Ravouvou
Vatemo Ravouvou is a Fijian rugby union player, a fly half and fullback who won gold with the Fiji sevens team at the 2016 Rio Olympics, Fiji's first Olympic medal.
Victor Lardanchet
Victor Lardanchet (Marie Victor Xavier Lardanchet, 1863–1936), French rugby union player who won gold for France at the 1900 Paris Olympics; oldest Olympic rugby gold medalist and later a police commissioner.
Viliame Mata
Viliame Mata, also Viliame Sevaka Mata or "Big Bill", is a Fijian rugby number 8 born 1991 who won Rio 2016 Olympic sevens gold, Fiji's first Olympic medal, and played for Edinburgh Rugby and Bristol Bears.
Vilimoni Botitu
Vilimoni Botitu, born 1998 in Ba Province, Fiji, is a Fijian centre for Castres Olympique in the Top 14 and an Olympic gold medalist in rugby sevens at Tokyo 2020; not the same-named 1991-born back row.
Vladimir Aitoff
Vladimir Aïtoff (1879–1963), French rugby union player and physician, won gold in men's rugby at the 1900 Paris Olympics with Racing Club de France players, later served as a French Army doctor and survived Buchenwald and Auschwitz.
Vusi Moyo
Vusi Moyo, South African rugby union fly-half for the Hollywoodbets Sharks and Springboks; KES product, 2025 World Rugby U20 Championship winner and leading scorer (63 points), Test debut v Wales, 18 July 2026.
Wallace Sititi
Wallace Sititi (Wallace Bangalore Sititi), born 2002, New Zealand rugby union loose forward, All Black No. 1218 and Chiefs number eight; son of Samoa captain Semo Sititi; 2024 World Rugby Breakthrough Player of the Year and All Blacks Player of the Year.