Lawrence Dallaglio names his all-time England XV – and there’s no Back or Tindall

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.

15 MATT PERRY: I liked Matt Perry at full-back. Great positional sense, dependable under the high ball, unbelievably courageous and talented. Plus, I believed Jason Robinson’s best position was wing

14 JASON ROBINSON: There are occasions when you don’t have to justify your opinion. As for Jason’s best position being the wing, think back to his skinning of Chris Latham for the Lions in 2001 and his ability in a tight channel

13 JEREMY GUSCOTT: Jerry had a way of gliding into space that we haven’t seen in England since he stopped playing. Beautifully balanced runner with so much natural talent

12 WILL GREENWOOD: The thinking man’s rugby player. Instinctively took the pressure off his own fly-half, a brilliant creator who was so clever, he would often end up finishing a move he had started

11 BEN COHEN: I didn’t really play with Rory Underwood and I choose Ben because of his work-rate and extraordinary try-scoring. If Jonny had passed to his right, the World Cup try would have been his

10 JONNY WILKINSON: Everyone will have their different memories. I recall the performance against the Springboks at Bloemfontein in 2000 and the Grand Slam match against Ireland in 2003

9 MATT DAWSON: A difficult one, very difficult really. I liked Kyran Bracken as a player but too often he was let down by a fragile body. Matt Dawson was incredibly competitive

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