17. Tom Jones
No real surprise that the crooner from the Welsh valleys loves his rugby. He’s the first in a long list of Welsh, English and Irish singers and actors to have held a life-long attraction to the game. Others included the late Richard Burton and Richard Harris.
18. US President George W. Bush
Played fullback at Phillips Academy and Yale. And yes, that is him in the below photograph attempting to make up for blowing a tackle by punching his opponent in the face.
19. US President Bill Clinton
Played prop at Oxford. Couldn’t find a photo of it, so I’m using the one of him in South Africa for the 2010 football World Cup with Mick Jagger and Katie Couric, because that’s a lot of famous in one place.
20. Idris Elba
EDITORS PICKS:
- RECALL: George Ford set to rejoin England squad tomorrow
- “Sexton one of the best” – Jonny Wilkinson ranks his top five fly-halves
- The greatest rugby XV that ever lived: Three England players selected
- ‘Get the f— down!’ – Three brilliant stories from James Haskell’s new book
- Revised England team with captain Owen Farrell set to be ruled out
- “Quicker than me” – Jason Robinson reveals England’s fastest ever player