300,000 fans pick their brilliant all-time Six Nations XV

Wednesday, 05 January 2022 at 16:42

byRugby Rucker

Jonny Wilkinson or Johnny Sexton? Adam Jones or Phil Vickery? Over 30,000 rugby fans have voted to pick their all-time Six Nations XV.

Fans all-time Six Nations XV

BACK-THREE:

Fullback: Stuart Hogg (Scotland) - 50%
Winger: Shane Williams (Wales) - 51%
Winger: Jason Robinson (England) - 33%

Robinson is nicknamed '' after a character in the British comic

The Beano, who is an extremely fast runner.

CENTRES:

Outside-centre: Brian O'Driscoll (Ireland) - 88%
Inside-centre: Jamie Roberts (Wales) - 34%

DID YOU KNOW? Brian O'Driscoll is the 8th-highest try scorer in international rugby union history, and the highest scoring centre of all time.

HALFBACKS:

Fly-half: Jonny Wilkinson (England) - 77%
Scrum-half: Conor Murray (Ireland) - 44%

DID YOU KNOW? Jonny Wilkinson was the 2003 BBC Sports Personality of the Year

FRONT-ROW:

Loosehead-prop: Gethin Jenkins (Wales) -30%
Hooker: Keith Wood (Ireland) - 58%
Tighthead-prop: Adam Jones (Wales) - 45%

DID YOU KNOW? Keith Wood was nicknamed 'The Raging Potato' because of his bald head. He was also known as 'Uncle Fester' due to his resemblance to a character in The Addams Family

SECOND-ROW:

Lock: Martin Johnson (England) - 60%
Lock: Paul O'Connell (Ireland) - 53%

DID YOU KNOW? Martin Johnson briefly played American football for the Leicester Panthers as a tight end or defensive end

BACK-ROW:

Blindside-flanker: Thierry Dusautoir (France) - 39%
Openside-flanker: Sam Warburton (Wales) -33%
Number 8: Sergio Parisse (Italy) - 55%

DID YOU KNOW? Sam Warburton, who captained the Lions in 2013 and 2017, has an older twin brother, Ben, who played at semi-professional level with Glamorgan Wanderers RFC and is now a physiotherapist for the Cardiff Blues.