SECOND-ROW:
Lock: Martin Johnson (England) – “I put his name down and moved on. It was as simple as that.”
Lock: Paul O’Connell (Ireland) – “In that 2009 series you just saw how good he was; he was world-class.”
BACK-ROW:
Blindside-flanker: Mike Teague (England) – ‘He simply had a huge impact in 1989.”
Openside-flanker: Richard Hill (England) – “He was incredible in 1997. He was a players’ player.”
Number 8: Lawrence Dallaglio (England) – “He had the intellect in high pressure situations to do the right thing.”