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Dream Team: Joe Carlisle – London Welsh and former Worcester and Wasps fly-half

Joe Carlisle1. Matt Mullan – The fittest prop I’ve ever played with. A great leader too who is rightly captaining Wasps when is away. A top professional who should be in the squad.
2. Ed Shervington – Like Matt he always trains a lot. Loves a joke even if they’re a bit weird at times. I think he’s still mad at me for missing his wedding.
3. Carl Hayman – Monster of a man. I played against him once when he was at and he scrummaged us off the park. Always admired him.
4. Joe Launchbury – The big friendly giant is the biggest natural talent I’ve ever played with. He’s the nicest guy off the pitch but on it he is an animal. A 14-year-old looking one!
5. Pascal Pape – Big presence! A huge man who’s hard as nails. He scared the life out me when I played against Stade Francais. Hit me late once and popped one of my rib cartilages.
6. Tom Wood – I played with him at before he moved to . A great leader who’s at 100 per cent all the time. It was a privilege to play alongside him.
7. Matt Kvesic – The future England openside is called the Polar Bear because of his white hair, or what’s left of it. Looks about 35 but a great player. The last man you’d want to play against as a fly-half.
8. Taulupe Faletau – Faced him last season in the Pro12 and he stole the show for the . A great all round player and I always enjoy watching him play.
9. Joe Simpson – I can’t understand why he’s not in the England squad. I know he picked up that knee injury but he’s the only -half in the country who can break defences. Always a threat with a great box-kicking game.
10. Jonny Wilkinson – Grew up watching him and ended up playing against him when he was at Newcastle. I was gob-smacked when he said to me: “Keep up schoolboy!”
11. The best finisher in the game. Half a gap is always a gap with him. Can run around players in the five-metre channel. Did it to James Simpson-Daniel once.
12. Manu Ran down my channel all game once and I couldn’t get out of bed the next day. He is so powerful and he’s getting better and better all the time. England will miss him at the .
13. Elliot Daly – Huge natural talent with pace to burn. A huge boot, too. I’d be practising my kicking from 40 metres and he’d be banging them from 60 for fun.
14. Rico Gear – The best right foot step I’ve seen. I grew up watching him so it was a privilege to play with him at Worcester.
15. Chris Latham – Another legend who played for the Warriors. Great under the high ball and always wore his heart on his sleeve.

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