Dream Team: Rhys Crane- Ealing and former Bath, Sale and Nottingham wing

1. Andrew Sheridan – The man mountain; strong as an ox and with his own dumbbells at Sale. Only played a handful of times with him unfortunately as he was always away with England.
2. Joe Duffy – The Nottingham hooker is the Schalk Brits of the Championship. Devastating ball carrier, never backed down from a physical challenge.
3. Aaron Jarvis – ‘Fat Pants’ is the only pro athlete I’ve known to suffer a PlayStation injury – linked to sitting on his bum for too long. Top Call Of Duty operative, top bloke and heard he’s not bad in the scrum.
4. Danny Grewcock – A true professional in everything he did with an ‘on’ and ‘off’ switch, there was no middle ground. You didn’t want to meet him at the bottom of a ruck – even in training.
5. Nic Rouse – An absolute work horse who loves lineouts as much as a cheap shot. I owe a lot to Nic, who put in a word for me at Nottingham after my career almost ended with a knee injury at Sale.
6. Mike Denbee – It pains me to say this but the tubby little funster from the West Country talks a great game and often delivers. A nuisance at the breakdown.
7. Julian Salvi – When this guy showed up at Bath everyone was asking who the new centre was. In his first game he made about as many turnovers as he played minutes.
8. Sione Kalamafoni – Every team needs a game winner like Sione. Freak of an athlete who I remember once even hurdled a man!
9. Dwayne Peel – It was a privilege to play alongside him at Sale. He could spot things no one else could and the best all round player I’ve played with.
10. Butch James – A fly-half whose channel you wouldn’t want to run down. Master of the no arms, flying tackle which quite often ended with him leaving the pitch alongside the guy he’d just ‘tackled’.
11. Chris Pennell – Played with Chris at Old Swinford Hospital School and you could tell back then that he was a first class all-round sportsman. Versatile and faultless.
12. Aaron Mauger – I played against the All Black legend in what turned out to be his final game for Leicester. He ran the show and was the source of anything creative.
13. Tim Streather – This guy should have been playing Premiership a lot earlier than he did, if only he could stay fit for longer than a week. Electric outside break and equally effective in defence.
14. Joe Maddock – My mentor. A wizard who was still running rings around guys well into his 30s. ‘Mad Dog’ had it all and was only too willing to help me learn my trade at Bath.
15. Luke Daniels – One of the best young talents I’ve seen. Pace to burn and an ability to stay on his feet and break contact like I’ve not seen before, this lad has a bright future.