motivate theplacing of the tallest TWO players in the team
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The Wallabies are set to field the tallest player at the Rugby World Cup 2019 in Japan in lock Rory Arnold.
At 2.08 metres has two centimetres on the Springboks baby-faced behemoth Lood de Jager.
Arnold forms half of a lock pairing noted as the tallest in the history of Australian rugby with his locking partner Adam Coleman measuring 2.04 metres tall.
tallest players at the Rugby World Cup
The Tallest players at the Rugby World Cup: Adam Coleman of the Wallabies runs the ball to score a try during the International Test match between the Australian Wallabies and Manu Samoa at Bankwest Stadium on September 07, 2019 in Sydney, Australia.
The 29-year-old Arnold was first capped by Australia in 2016, three years after stirring up controversy during a stint in the Currie Cup in South Africa with Griquas. Arnold was accused of biting a defender in the process of scoring a try and was suspended but the decision was later overturned.
Arnold is tied with former Springbok Andries Bekker as the second-tallest men to ever play in Super Rugby behind Cheetahs lock JP du Preez. Du Preez has not played international rugby.
The tallest player in Rugby World Cup history axed
Ireland lock Devin Toner is the tallest player recently active in Test rugby but missed out on Joe Schmidt’s squad for the 2019 Rugby World Cup. He is an incredible 2,1 metres tall but simply couldn’t perform the role his coach needed to fill. Toner is the tallest player to over play at the Rugby World Cup.
South African-born Irish lock Jean Kleyn stands out at the tallest member of the Ireland squad at 2,03m although Leinster lock James Ryan matches the former Stormers man’s ample height.
The All Blacks tallest player, Brodie Retallick, is unlikely to be fit for the opening match against the Springboks who have not deployed their second-tallest man, De Jager.