The most experienced Test XV and internationals from Rugby, Eton and Harrow
John Griffiths is a widely respected rugby historian and is the author of several sports books, including The Book of English International Rugby, The Book of International Rugby Records, British Lions, The Five Nations Championship, Rugby's Strangest Matches and Rugby's Greatest Characters. He is a regular contributor to the Daily Telegraph and co-author of the IRB International Rugby Yearbook. He has also provided insight for Scrum.com since 1999.Welcome to the latest edition of Ask John where renowned rugby historian John Griffiths will answer any rugby-related query you have!
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In this edition, John Griffiths looks at the most experienced Test XV, international players to have gone to Eton, Harrow and Rugby schools and late enforced changes.
I'm trying to find out what the most capped starting team is of all time. In other words, if all the player's caps / appearances are added, which run-on team (and against whom) had the highest total in history. I know South Africa will have 810 caps in the starting team to play Australia this weekend (13.08.2011), but how far off is that to the most ever I'm wondering? Thomas, South Africa
Australia held the previous record: 798 caps among the side that started their pool match against Japan at Lyon in the 2007 World Cup: Chris Latham 73; Adam Ashley-Cooper 8, Stirling Mortlock 60, Matt Giteau 47, Lote Tuqiri 53; Stephen Larkham 101, George Gregan 134; Matt Dunning 32, Stephen Moore 15, Al Baxter 47, Nathan Sharpe 60, Dan Vickerman 48, Rocky Elsom 28, George Smith 79 and Wycliffe Palu 13.
Ireland had 795 caps in the fifteen that took the field for their pool match in the same World Cup against Georgia in Bordeaux: Girvan Dempsey 76; Shane Horgan 55, Brian O'Driscoll 76, Gordon D'Arcy 33, Denis Hickie 60; Ronan O'Gara 74, Peter Stringer 78; Marcus Horan 48, Rory Best 15, John Hayes 76, Donnacha O'Callaghan 37, Paul O'Connell 46, Simon Easterby 59, David Wallace 38 and Denis Leamy 24.
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