BACK-ROW:
6. Tadhg Beirne (Ireland) – “Another supremely intelligent player whether he plays at lock or in the back-row and I have him at six to match the power that the World Champion Springboks will field in their back row.”
7. Tom Curry (England) – “I have gone for Curry because he is Mr Consistency. If you saw him across the changing room you would know that you were going to get 100 percent effort from your open-side.”
8. Toby Faletau (Wales) – “England number eights tend to bash the ball up but when Faletau’s picks and goes you always think something will happen.”
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