4 MARTIN JOHNSON (captain): “The thing about Johnno, he was first and foremost a great player. The captaincy part came after that.”
5 WADE DOOLEY: “I love Simon Shaw as a player but you couldn’t pick him with Johnno. For a middle of the line jumper, I’d go for Wade Dooley.”
6 RICHARD HILL: “Another tough one because Mike Teague was a hell of a player and I’m reluctant to leave him out, but Richard Hill was such a brilliant all-round forward.”
8 DEAN RICHARDS: “What did Deano have that I didn’t have? A great right hook – something I can testify to. Seriously, he had the knack of making the game revolve around him. Brilliant.”
7 PETER WINTERBOTTOM: “Peter Winterbottom or Neil Back? Perhaps I’m influenced by hero-worshipping Winterbottom in my younger days but I believe he had a fraction more than Back.”