UK parliament honors Rugby greats
“The only three players to have won more than 100 Test caps for their
country alone - France's Phillipe Sella, Australia's David Campese and
England's Jason Leonard - have been honoured by the British
parliament.”
Business Day
http://www.businessday.co.za/bday/content/direct/1,3523,1431684-6078-0,00.html
Philippe Sella was the first.
“Rugby Union's 2003 Six Nations Championship begins this weekend and
the showdown at Twickenham between England and France should mark the
100th international cap for England forward Jason Leonard. If he
plays, Leonard will be only the third player in the history of the
sport to play 100 international Rugby Union matches. The first to do
so was French centre Philippe Sella who ended his career in 1995 with
111 caps to his name. Australian wing David Campese was the second
player to reach the century when he played for Australia against Italy
in 1996.”
http://216.239.41.104/search?q=cache:S7Fi6PJnNk4J:www.uclan.ac.uk/facs/science/biology/sport/messages2/483.htm+Philippe+Sella+first+player+to+win+100+caps&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
“Jason Leonard, playing against France in 2003, becomes the first
player to win 100 caps for England.”
LGM
http://www.lgm.com.au/product_list_bbt.asp?catid=44
“Jason Leonard: Became the first post-war England player to win four
Grand Slams on the day he won his 102nd cap to overtake David Campese
as world rugby's second-most capped player of all time.”Scrum
http://www.scrum.com/6nations/2003/matches/ireveng/ratings.asp
Who is the most capped International player?
“Phillipe Sella of France played 111 tests for France until his
retirement from international rugby in Dec 1995. He made his debut
against Romania in 1982 and played his last game for France at the
1995 World Cup in the 3rd place playoff against England.”
FAQ
http://www.geocities.com/sweet_zish/Final/faq.html#what
February 15, 2003
“Leonard joined Frenchman Philippe Sella and Australian David Campese
as only the third player to win 100 caps.”
CNN/Sports Illustrated
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/rugby/news/2003/02/15/england_france_ap/
Rugby's most-capped as of February 10, 2003
Philippe Sella (Fra): 111 caps
David Campese (Aus): 101
Jason Leonard (Eng): 99
Serge Blanco (Fra): 93
Sean Fitzpatrick (NZ): 92
BBC Sport
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/international/2742847.stm
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