#2. Alun Wyn Jones (Wales)
He is the world’s most-capped Rugby Union player and Wales’ most capped international player.
Owens said: “A man of few words, he does his talking on the field with his actions. Not only is he a brilliant player and a very good captain but I don’t think I have reffed a match where he hasn’t given absolutely everything.
“He’s been playing at lock for 15 years and remains one of the first names on the Wales team-sheet, which says everything about his ability.”
DID YOU KNOW? He is one of only four players to have been selected to go on four British and Irish Lions tours, a feat he achieved crossing three different decades