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Published 17:10 7 Dec 2021 GMT
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"You tend to find that when you were reffing Ronan O'Gara and Peter Stringer together, well, you had your work cut out! "And then Johnny Sexton's not much better, and Dan Biggar here in Wales. "Joe Marler, then, is always trying to be funny on the field, in a nice way. You're trying to tell yourself to be serious and he'd wink at you.""I don't think there's anybody that would be the worst," Owens adds, "but the scrum-halves are usually the most difficult to deal with. Them and the out-halves are the most chirpiest." [caption id="attachment_243346" align="aligncenter" width="640"]
Ronan O'Gara and Peter Stringer pictured after an Ireland win over Scotland in 2004. (Credit; Brendan Moran/SPORTSFILE)[/caption]
Nigel Owens praises France star Antoine Dupont for breaking the 'chirpy scrum-half' mould while singling out former Wales and Lions captain Sam Warburton as the most respectful captain to deal with.
In terms of best players he ever had the chance to be on the pitch with, and see in full flow, Owens went for compatriot Shane Williams.
"He's a small guy, but he had such skill," he says. "When you were reffing the game and he got the ball, you felt this whoosh of anticipation - what's going to happen next? Bryan Habana was another one like that."
While also name-checking backs Dan Carter and Brian O'Discoll, he gives some love to forwards like Carl Hayman, Paul O'Connell, Ali Williams, Bakkies Botha, Richie McCaw and the "brutal" Schalk Burger.
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