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Rory Best

Date of birth: 15/08/1982

Position: Hooker

Test Caps: 14

Test Debut: 12th November 2005 v New Zealand

Test Points: 10

Current Club: Ulster

Strengths: Probably Ireland's best hooking technician, Best is a
combative and powerfully built scrummaging hooker.

Weaknesses: Doesn't offer the rounded game and breakaway pace of Flannery, but a solid bench option.

Likely headline(s): 3 of the Bests. Best in Class. Best of Irish.

Did you know?: Rory will succeed big brother Simon, also an Irish
International, as Ulster skipper next season and was named Ulster Guinness
Player of the Season last year.