3. Julian White, England, 51 caps
“Julian White was a hard man. Coming through the academy at Leicester as a kid, there was Castro, but Whitey was the one we all looked up to. He’d talk to us about what was most important as a tighthead. First and foremost it was the scrummage. He was the standardbearer for that. Being around him, you saw the attitude he would bring. He set that bar for us at the Tigers. Whitey saw the scrum as confrontational place, a platform where he could influence the game. He wanted to dominate the opposition and had a real pride in his scrummaging. He showed me you could win a game up front.”