{
  "id": 15595948,
  "title": "Rugby World’s top 10 players to have played rugby union and rugby league: Stars who’ve shone in both codes",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/rugby-worlds-top-10-players-to-have-played-rugby-union-and-rugby",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-19T09:58:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Rugby World",
    "slug": "rugby-world",
    "url": "https://www.rugbyworld.com/news/top-10-cross-code-rugby-players-186019"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "An international in both union and league, Rugby World Cup winner Jason Robinson may be the greatest cross-code player of them all (Nick Laham/Getty Images) A select band of players have made their mark in both the 15- and 13-player versions of rugby. Here are 10 greats who’ve become stars in both union and league. The top 10 cross-code rugby players have achieved something few in the world of…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}