Most versatile player

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Just wondering what player is the most versatile in the positions he can play (still playing today).

I'd probably think James O'Connor is up there - 10, wing, centre and FB are positions that he's played. James Hook can cover 10, centre and FB.

How many positions did Percy Montgomery play? Joe Roff?

Percy started his career at centre, I think he might have played flyhalf a few times, and ended at Fullback

Didn't he play on the wing too?

You're quite correct Rodders, he played 9 tests at centre, 5 tests at wing, 5 tests at flyhalf and the rest at fullback.

Mat Rodgers played outhalf, wing, centre and fullback too.

Matt Giteau was very versatile at the start of his career. In the 2003 WC he was 9 cover, then he progressed to 10, finishing his career as a brilliant 12.

Poitrenaud deserves some plaudits for moving pretty seamlessly from the back three to the 12 jersey. You get many winger/fb playing at 13, but moving to 12 is much harder, especially when you've got Fofana, Bastareud, Roberts etc to line up against!

rodders wrote:O'Driscoll has played 9, 10, 12, 13 and wing for Ireland and lined out 15 for the Lions in '01.

and arguably 7 too.

Thomas Castaignede as well similar to Montgomery lined-up at FH, centre, wing and fullback to a high standard at varying times in his career.

Joe Simpson is a wing who can cover scrum half to an ok standard

Glorious Empire, plays expertly in the WUM role but is definitely a Troll, just wish the management would bench him until he returns to the form he showed when he was the G H O S …….

I think you're a little obsessed with GG Scratch.

Just ignore him and he eventually loses interest

Sgt_Pooly wrote:I think you're a little obsessed with GG Scratch.

Just ignore him and he eventually loses interest

Obsessed….no, think Dreyfuss and Clouseau.

Scratch wrote:

Sgt_Pooly wrote:I think you're a little obsessed with GG Scratch.

Just ignore him and he eventually loses interest

Obsessed….no, think Dreyfuss and Clouseau.

Steady on Ahab.

GloriousEmpire wrote:

Scratch wrote:

Sgt_Pooly wrote:I think you're a little obsessed with GG Scratch.

Just ignore him and he eventually loses interest

Obsessed….no, think Dreyfuss and Clouseau.

Steady on Ahab.

I'll get that JR if its the last thing I do!

-Cliff Barnes

GloriousEmpire wrote:

Scratch wrote:

Sgt_Pooly wrote:I think you're a little obsessed with GG Scratch.

Just ignore him and he eventually loses interest

Obsessed….no, think Dreyfuss and Clouseau.

Steady on Ahab.

Call me Ishmael.