Gregor Townsend picks dream team including one England legend

When selecting his squad, he decided not to select any players he played alongside, ruling out “all those excellent British and Irish players from that 1997 tour to South Africa."

It's still a stunning selection!

15. Christian Cullen (New Zealand) - "Probably my favourite player in this team! I loved his balanced running, his bravery and also his ability to score so many world-class tries."

14. Jason Robinson (England) - "He was electric, with the ability to step late and off either foot. Was equally as dangerous at fullback and worked very hard to make a successful transition from rugby league."

11. Jonah Lomu (New Zealand) - "A phenomenal player and a wonderful human being. I felt privileged to play in the same era as Jonah and get to spend time with him on a few occasions outside of rugby."

13. Brian O'Driscoll (Ireland) - "He made an incredible breakthrough to Test rugby and continued to display brilliant attacking and defensive skills for the rest of his career."

12. Tim Horan (Scotland) - "He had outstanding pace, so could break through defensive lines in an instant. Another lovely man too."

10. Stephen Larkham (Australia) - "Australia won the World Cup in 1999 with him at 10, and his drop goal against South Africa in the semi-final made it possible."

9. Joost van der Westhuizen (South Africa) - "One of the most competitive players I’ve come up against, and such a running threat with ball in hand either side of the ruck."

1. Os du Randt (South Africa) - "Huge man who won two World Cups with South Africa. I still have pain in my ribs from when I once went to tackle him and he used me as a speed bump…"

2. Sean Fitzpatrick (New Zealand) - "A terrific competitor and great New Zealand captain."

3. Pieter de Villiers (France) – a champion player who had an excellent career, winning multiple French championships with Stade Francais and a few Six Nations titles with France.

4. John Eales (Australia) - His nickname was ‘Nobody’ – because nobody is perfect. He could do it all on the field, lineout, attack, defence and an outstanding goalkicker

5. Fabien Pelous (France) – "Another massive unit who looked like Ivan Drago from Rocky 4. I ran into him playing for Scotland at the Stade du France in 2001 and it felt like smashing into a brick wall."

6. Jerry Collins (New Zealand) - "Another player to give my ribs a good whack, breaking one of them with his famous high knee ball carries when we toured New Zealand in 2000."

7. Richie McCaw (New Zealand) - "I remember thinking in 2001 that New Zealand might be struggling at openside for their first time in decades as they had picked McCaw straight from the NPC tournament. I’d previously played against Michael Jones and Josh Kronfeld who are legends of the game so I thought this shouldn’t be as difficult an opponent. I got that badly wrong… "

8. Zinzan Brooke (New Zealand) - "I used to love watching him play, probably the most skilful forward to play the game – dropping goals from the halfway line in a World Cup semifinal and offloading out of the tackle on a regular basis. It was great to go up against him in 1996."