Dream Team: Paul James – Bath, Wales and former Ospreys prop

1. Cian Healy –  A powerhouse of a prop who scores a lot of tries. Has developed a lot in recent years and all young looseheads should model their game on him.
 2. Richard Hibbard – He’s a top bloke, bit of a Del Boy off the field but throws himself into everything and puts his body on the line. He’s moving to Gloucester so we’ll make sure to smash him up when he gets there!
3. Adam Jones – The best tighthead around and has been for years. Wales have built their pack around him.
4. Stuart Hooper – He is the best captain I’ve played under. His work rate and attitude sets a great example and he’ll do everything he can to make Bath a better team.
5. Alun Wyn Jones – He doesn’t do his work by talking, but by action. In tough games you need a man like that, and when you’re a workhorse like him your actions speak volumes.
6. Francois Louw – Since I’ve been at Bath he’s been one of the standout players. He’s a hard man and shies away from nothing, as a senior player he takes the team on to a higher level. Plus so consistent, he produces his best every week.
7. Marty Holah – He’s the best guy I’ve ever seen at the breakdown – he got his body into the perfect position and always came out with the ball.
8. Filo Tiatia – At Ospreys, wherever you saw him running, you’d just follow after him. He would take the young boys under his wing and made sure they’d get better, another fantastic leader.
 9. Mike Phillips – Very instinctive and gives you that something extra which very few No.9s have. He plays like an extra back row because of his size.
10. George Ford – He’s still so young but he makes my list – the skills this guy has are unbelievable. The more he plays the more you’re going to see, I don’t think he’s truly started yet.
11. Shane Williams – He was the master of making something out of nothing. You could have thought the game was gone, but give it to him and he’d score a try time and time again.
 12. Scott Gibbs – I was fortunate enough to play with him in the early days at Ospreys and there couldn’t have been a better role model as a young boy coming through. Everyone remembers how good he was for the Lions and I saw that every day.
13. Jonathan Davies – What can you say about Foxy, he has a massive role to play for club and country. One of the best in the world in his position and Scarlets will miss him next season.
14. George North – There’s no use trying to catch up with him and he beats people for fun with his strength. Like George Ford, he’s only going to get better.
15. Stefan Terblanche – When he came over from South Africa to Ospreys, he brought a bit of class. He was a great finisher and  another star foreigner who raised the bar in Wales.