5. Jimmy Gopperth
Gopperth has been a model professional in Europe for over eight years now but a sole cap for the Junior All Blacks has prevented him from featuring for England, for whom he would have qualified in 2012, had he felt the desire to.
Unfortunately for Gopperth, he followed hot on the heels of Dan Carter in New Zealand and that was an unenviable shadow for anyone to live in. Gopperth wasn’t the only Kiwi to have had to play second fiddle to one of the greatest players to ever grace the game and just like Nick Evans, that shouldn’t detract from his ability as a player.