#4. Mike Brown (England)
OWENS SAID: “A player who pushed himself, but also sometimes the referee, to their limit due to his intensity. A really nice guy away from the field.”
DID YOU KNOW? He has won three Six Nations Championship titles with England and one English Premiership title with Harlequins
#3. Peter Stringer & Ronan O’Gara (Ireland)
“Definitely! Stringer and O’Gara, oh, when you had to referee the two of them together. I always got on well with the both of them though. I have a huge amount of respect for them, but they made my days hard on occasions. They were lippy in a respectful way.”