Dallaglio leaves BACK out of his all-time England pack

A number of big names miss out, with Mike Tindall, Neil Back and Ben Kay among the absentees.

Read on to see Lawrence Dallaglio’s all-time England XV.

1 JASON LEONARD: Nailed on for any amount of reasons. Loose head was his position but he could play on the other side pretty well

2 BRIAN MOORE: People talk about the way I get under the skin of the opposition. They should have seen Brian Moore who was also a fantastic competitor and almost always found a way of getting the job done

3 PHIL VICKERY: Phil is a good scrummager and at his rampaging best, he was outstanding around the pitch

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

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

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.