Former Australian international Matt Giteau has been discussing the very best players in the history of the game on the recent RugbyPass podcast, naming fellow 103-cap Ma'a Nonu as the greatest inside centre of his era.
Giteau is arguably in the ideal position to pick the perfect 12 having played with and against the world's very greatest during a 14-year international career. Playing predominantly at inside centre himself, he had a fantastic ability to read the game - which alongside his sublime handling abilities made him a stand-out player in an era full of legends.
Able to conduct himself well at both scrumhalf and flyhalf, Giteau also had the opportunity to work alongside some fantastic inside centres as a first-contact playmaker, as well as being a fantastic secondary playmaker at inside centre himself.
It was former Toulon teammate Ma'a Nonu that got the nod from Giteau as the greatest centre of his era, with the Australian saying: "Eras are so different [because] the styles are so different, so you think from around the time I was playing, you'd probably say Ma'a was the one".
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