LIST: Dan Carter ranks his FIVE favourite fly-halves

Dan Carter said: ""I really like his competitive nature, the way that he gets stuck in. He's also an incredible goalkicker. Overall, there are plenty of attributes to like about Owen.”

DID YOU KNOW? He began playing rugby league in his hometown at the age of eight before swapping to union in his teenage years

Carter said: "I look at the way Johnny plays, he’s always creating or demanding from the people around him. You can see him leading, and he tells what he wants from the players around him."

DID YOU KNOW? Sexton was the winner of World Rugby Player of the Year in 2018, having previously been a nominee for the award in 2014

Carter: "When he retired, that total was also a World record points tally. Despite him being an Aussie..I took a lot of inspiration from him.

DID YOU KNOW? Courier-Mail rugby writer Jim Tucker and Daily Telegraph rugby writer Peter Jenkins. Michael Lynagh was ranked among the top 10 greatest Australian rugby union players of all-time

Carter said: "One of my heroes. He was a goal kicking machine at the first World Cup in 1987. He played 46 Tests for the All Blacks, scoring 645 points.Incredible." 

DID YOU KNOW? In the 1995 New Year Honours, Fox was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire, for services to rugby

CARTER SAID: "You might of heard of him? Former England captain and Toulon player Jonny is probably the closest thing I've seen to the perfect rugby player."

DID YOU KNOW? Wilkinson’s brother, Mark, was also a Newcastle player who made 16 appearances in the Premiership for the side between 2002 and 2005, predominantly as a centre