List of footballers (Rugby Union) - Definition and Overview

This is a list of some notable Rugby Union players. For a list of players sorted by country see List of footballers (Rugby Union) by country.

• Lisandro Arbizu - Argentina
• Abdelatif Benazzi - France
• Serge Betsen - France
• Todd Blackadder - New Zealand
• Serge Blanco - France
• Naas Botha - South Africa
• Gabriel Brezoianu - Romania
• Gordon Bulloch - Scotland
• Schalk Burger - South Africa
• Matt Burke - Australia
• David Campese - Australia
• Will Carling - England
• Rupeni Caucaunibuca - Fiji
• Carlo Checchinato - Italy
• Don Clarke - New Zealand
• Ben Cohen - England
• Danie Craven - South Africa
• Christian Cullen - New Zealand
• Massimo Cuttitta - Italy
• Lawrence Dallaglio - England
• Gordon D'Arcy - Ireland
• Sam Doble - England
• Diego Dominguez - Argentina and Italy
• Mick Doyle - Ireland
• Morne du Plessis - South Africa
• Frik du Preez - South Africa
• John Eales - Australia
• Gareth Edwards - Wales
• Mark Ella - Australia
• Nick Farr-Jones - Australia
• Sean Fitzpatrick - New Zealand
• Elton Flatley - Australia
• Grant Fox - New Zealand
• Fabien Galthié - France
• Mike Gibson - Ireland
• Romeo Gontineac - Romania
• George Gregan - Australia
• Stuart Grimes - Scotland
• Imanol Harinordoquy - France
• Gavin Hastings - Scotland
• Tim Horan - Australia
• Doug Howlett - New Zealand
• Peter Jackson - England
• Neil Jenkins - Wales
• Barry John - Wales
• Martin Johnson - England
• Michael Jones - New Zealand
• Marius Joubert - South Africa
• Josh Kronfeld - New Zealand
• Stephen Larkham - Australia
• Chris Latham - Australia
• Jason Leonard - England
• Jason Little - Australia
• Kenny Logan - Scotland
• Jonah Lomu - New Zealand
• Adrian Lungu - Romania
• Dan Lyle - USA
• Michael Lynagh - Australia
• Kevin Maggs - Ireland
• Olivier Magne - France
• Rolando Martin - Argentina
• Willie John McBride - Ireland
• Richie McCaw - New Zealand
• Colin Meads - New Zealand
• Stan Meads - New Zealand
• Andrew Mehrtens - New Zealand
• Federico Mendez - Argentina
• Percy Montgomery - South Africa
• Brian Moore - England
• Stirling Mortlock - Australia
• Mils Muliaina - New Zealand
• Geordan Murphy - Ireland
• Patricio Noriega - Argentina and Australia
• Prince Alexander Obolensky - England
• Brian O'Driscoll - Ireland
• Ronan O'Gara - Ireland
• Malcolm O'Kelly - Ireland
• Fabien Pelous - France
• Agustín Pichot - Argentina
• Francois Pienaar - South Africa
• Hugo Porta - Argentina
• Scott Quinnell - Wales
• Jean-Pierre Rives - France
• Jason Robinson - England
• Tim Rodber - England
• Joe Roff - Australia
• Joe Rokocoko - New Zealand
• Mannetjies Roux - South Africa
• Philippe Sella - France
• Waisale Serevi - Fiji
• Wayne Shelford - New Zealand
• George Smith - Australia
• Carlos Spencer - New Zealand
• Pedro Sporleder - Argentina
• Joel Stransky - South Africa
• Mathew Tait - England
• Gary Teichmann - South Africa
• Delme Thomas - Wales
• Reuben Thorne - New Zealand
• Errol Tobias - South Africa
• Gregor Townsend - Scotland
• Alessandro Troncon - Italy
• Tana Umaga - New Zealand
• Rory Underwood - England
• David Watkins - Wales
• Joe van Niekerk - South Africa
• Joost van der Westhuizen - South Africa
• Jaco van der Westhuyzen - South Africa
• Jonny Wilkinson - England
• Chester Williams - South Africa
• JPR Williams - Wales
• Jeff Wilson - New Zealand
• Keith Wood - Ireland