4. Blaine Scully
A fan favorite at Leicester and now Cardiff, Scully is intelligent and articulate, plays hard, and has garnered respect as a leader and a student of the game. He’s about as popular a USA player as there is currently.
3. Samu Manoa
Manoa was a virtual nobody when he signed with Northampton in 2011. Within a year he was possibly the most popular player in the Premiership. Big, light on his feet, scary and yet engaging, he was the first Polynesian-American to really make an impact in Europe. His American ways blew fans away, and no one played like him.