Two Munster & 7 Irish players named in Rugby Magazine’s top 100 players

Leinster’s Tadhg Furlong has been named the 9th best player in the world for 2017 according to the magazine Rugby World whilst Owen Farrell beats Beauden Barrett to the top spot.

A total of seven Irish players are included in the top 100 with Peter O’Mahony, 70th and Conor Murray, 21st, the only representatives on the list from Munster.

Furlong’s team mates Sean O’Brien, 32nd, Cian Healy, 92nd and Johnny Sexton, 12th, were also named in the list whilst Iain Henderson in 38th was the only representative from Ulster.

The Irish players on the list are:

92. Cian Healy
70. Peter O’Mahony
38. Iain Henderson
32. Sean O’Brien
21. Conor Murray
12. Johnny Sexton.

The top 10 is as follows:

1. Owen Farrell (England)
2. Beauden Barrett (New Zealand)
3. Leone Nakarawa (Fiji)
4. Maro Itoje (England)
5. Israel Folau (Australia)
6. Stuart Hogg (Scotland)
7. Jonathan Davies (Wales)
8. Michael Hooper (Australia)
9. Tadhg Furlong (Ireland)
10. Brodie Retallick (New Zealand)

New Zealand has the most players on the list with 24, followed by England with 19 and Australia with eight.