A Glasgow centurion who won 15 caps for Scotland, captained the Lions and featured in the English Premiership and Top 14, Josh Strauss picks a team from the best he played with or against.
15 Stuart Hogg
The best fullback I ever played with.
14 Taqele Naiyaravoro
He was 133kg when he joined us at Glasgow – an absolute freak on a good day.
13 Waylon Murray
He was a very intelligent player and had great physicality to go with it.
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12 Doppies la Grange
Doppies was a very underrated player – physical and consistent.
11 DTH van der Merwe
He was a try-scoring machine for Glasgow.
10 Finn Russell
The calmest guy I’ve ever played with, he can do out-of-this-world things.
9 Niko Matawalu
Nico could literally win you a game single-handedly.
8 Nick Williams
To consistently dominate for as long as he did is really an incredible achievement, Nick gave me nightmares about tackling him.
7 Schalk Burger
Hard as nails every time I played against him and one of the nicest guys off the field, too.
6 Heinrich Brussow
Immovable on his day, it was like running into a brick wall.
5 Johnny Gray
One of the most consistent guys I’ve ever played with, barely misses a tackle.
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4 Leone Nakarawa
A magician with his offloads.
3 Trevor Nyakane
Great player all around and a great team guy.
2 Fraser Brown
Loved how physical he was, very powerful in all aspects.
1 CJ van der Linde
One of the most skilful and athletic props I ever played with.
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