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    Posted: 14 February 2026 at 2:53pm
Ok Thought Id have some fun reminding myself and fellow scarlet feverians we have produced a plethora of fantastic players in the last few decadesBig smile ..Before this current barren spell

so heres my 1st go at the best welsh 15 of the 2000s and boy was it hard..Ive probably forgotten a load of stars and Im sure youll correct me where Ive gone wrong lol Ive not included stars like quinnell or howley as they finished with wales 2002 as did the great neil jenkins 

15 Byrne (Liam/Hapenny)
14 North (Gareth Thomas/Liam)
13 Foxy (Dafydd James/shanklin/Mark Taylor)
12 Henson (dr bob/scott w/hadleigh parks)
11 Shane Wiliams (LRZ,Mark Jones, rhys williams)
10 Biggar (Jones/Hook)
9. phillips (Peel/Cawdor)
8 Faletau (Ryan Jones/Owen)
7 Warburton (Tipuric , m williams)
6 Dan Lydiate (Charvis/ryan/wainwright)
5 AWJ (I Gough, C Wyatt )
4 L Charteris (Ian Evans)
3 Gethin (duncan jones, paul james)
2 Ken (Hibbard)
1 Adam Jones (Frances)

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I dont think I fully appreciated how fantastic some of these players were at the time and how frankly irreplacable maybe have proven to be like faletau, AWJ, foxy shane or adam jones in particular


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Halfpenny at 15 and Roberts at 12 for me. A stellar collection of players. 

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Liam W, North, Foxy, Henson, Shane W, Stevo, Peel;
Gethin, Ken, Adam J, AWJ, Charteris, Warburton, Quinnell, Tipuric. 
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Liam W
North 
Foxy
Roberts
Shane
Priestland 
Phillips 
Faletau 
Warbs 
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Full back alone is a monumental battle ?
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Roberts over Henson for me - Henson was good but no where near Roberts level. Halfpenny at full back too, apart from that pretty much spot on.
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Originally posted by Fscarlet Fscarlet wrote:

Roberts over Henson for me - Henson was good but no where near Roberts level. Halfpenny at full back too, apart from that pretty much spot on.

Henson far more skillful better passer better kicker dropped goals banged over 50 m penalties and very solid tackler..won 2 grand slams ...roberts crash ball merchant 
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Anyone done the same for the Scarlets? i.e. Best Scarlets 23 since 2000?
Should be a more fiery debate!!
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Originally posted by Sir Duckling Tuft Sir Duckling Tuft wrote:

Originally posted by Fscarlet Fscarlet wrote:

Roberts over Henson for me - Henson was good but no where near Roberts level. Halfpenny at full back too, apart from that pretty much spot on.

Henson far more skillful better passer better kicker dropped goals banged over 50 m penalties and very solid tackler..won 2 grand slams ...roberts crash ball merchant 

Henson could have been a better player for Wales had he been looked after but for me Roberts was a better player for Wales.
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Originally posted by Dai Guevara Dai Guevara wrote:

Anyone done the same for the Scarlets? i.e. Best Scarlets 23 since 2000?
Should be a more fiery debate!!

Samson
Sheriff
Rob
Ball
Beirne

It started so easily, now it's getting tougher

Barclay/Shingler/Fifita
Kalamafoni ?
Cubby..................Macleod

Cawdor
Patch / Wellies
North
Hadleigh
Foxy
JMac
Pence 
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geth adam ken charteris awj lyds  warbs toby f howley   biggar shane  henson  foxy north  liam

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Scarlets since 2000

1 Wyn Jones
2 Ken
3 John Davies
4 Tadgh Beirne
5 Ball
6 Shingler
7 Jac Morgan
8 Scott Quinnell
9 Peel
10 Stephen Jones
11 Mark Jones
12 Regan King
13 George North
14 Ieuan Evans
15 Sanjay

16 VDM
17 Rob Evans
18 Samson
19 Vaea Fifita
20 Cubby
21 Cawdor
22 Costelow
23 Scott Williams
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Originally posted by Dai Guevara Dai Guevara wrote:

Scarlets since 2000

1 Wyn Jones
2 Ken
3 John Davies
4 Tadgh Beirne
5 Ball
6 Shingler
7 Jac Morgan
8 Scott Quinnell
9 Peel
10 Stephen Jones
11 Mark Jones
12 Regan King
13 George North
14 Ieuan Evans
15 Sanjay

16 VDM
17 Rob Evans
18 Samson
19 Vaea Fifita
20 Cubby
21 Cawdor
22 Costelow
23 Scott Williams

I’ll be pedantic and call out North at 13, don’t think he ever wore 13 for us ;)
Scott Williams at 12, closely followed by Parkes. King at 13.
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Got to be a spot there for John Barclay. I think people forget how immense he was for us.
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Originally posted by Dai Guevara Dai Guevara wrote:

Scarlets since 2000

1 Wyn Jones
2 Ken
3 John Davies
4 Tadgh Beirne
5 Ball
6 Shingler
7 Jac Morgan
8 Scott Quinnell
9 Peel
10 Stephen Jones
11 Mark Jones
12 Regan King
13 George North
14 Ieuan Evans
15 Sanjay

16 VDM
17 Rob Evans
18 Samson
19 Vaea Fifita
20 Cubby
21 Cawdor
22 Costelow
23 Scott Williams

Blimey, no Foxy??? He and King were an outstanding pair. I’d go for Foxy & Scott though. Scott could tackle, Regan was a revolving door unfortunately.
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I would have Samson at 3 and a close call between Wyn and Rob Evans at 1. Jac Mogan wasnt first choice when he was at PYS, so Cubby or McLeod at 7.
JD2 at 13 and North scraping in ahead of Boycie at 11
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