SECOND-ROW:
Lock: Robin Brook: “A good friend of mine when I was first coming through. He could play in the open and I always like my back five to be all athletic.”
Lock: Doddie Weir: “He was an all-rounder. Doddie would win the ball in the air every time. He’d also keep the spirits high in the changing room. One of the games great characters.”
BACK-ROW:
Blindside-flanker: Tim Rodber: “He was superb. A tough bugger who had speed and could tackle as well. Awesome.”
Openside-flanker: Michael Jones: “Changed the whole game. He was a back playing in a forwards body, but was tough as nails.”
Number 8: Zinzan Brooke: “Another good character off the field. I’ve gone for really good rugby players, but have that quality away from the pitch that make them winners.”
EDITORS PICKS:
- Gallagher Premiership team of the week: Round 1
- 5 players who failed to impress on the opening weekend
- Marler gets into feisty scrap after opponent ‘insults his mother’
- Nigel Owens calls for ‘lengthy ban’ after brutal tackle
- Players you definitely forgot played for England under Jones
- Carter and McCaw combine to pick three toughest opponents