Greatest XV: ‘Best player I’ve seen’

It says something about George Smith that Richie McCaw named him as one of the five players he least liked playing against.

Smith “was always pretty tough”, McCaw said.

“I remember playing him when I was in the under 19s against Australia and remember then thinking just what a good player he is.”

The Roar is counting down the Wallabies’ Greatest World Cup XV of all time from No. 15-1 with thanks to thousands of votes from our readers.

One of the…