3.  Tight-head Prop

Graham Price

 

Graham Price was the anchorman in the scrum and led the attack on the opposition scrum.  He was a rock solid scrimmager.  Total concentration at the scrum made it effective, making the scrum an attacking weapon, wearing down the opposition as the match progressed.  Going backwards in scrums was never an option.  He was the most intense player on the pitch.  This intensity always came to the fore during a scrum.  The focus and concentration--physical, mental, emotional--required to dominate in the scrum, particularly at elite levels, far surpasses that displayed by other players.  He always delivered.

 

A master of binding and driving past the ball or binding on the side most advantageous to his team.  He always built a platform to protect the ball at all legal cost.

 

He was a great all-rounder in open play, mobile and comfortable with ball in hand.  Another player who always gave his all.