Dream Team: Craig Chalmers – former Lions and Scotland fly-half

1. Jason Leonard – The world’s most capped prop. He adjusted so well from the amateur days to professionalism. The heart and soul of any team he played for.
2. Kenny Milne – Great thrower, mobile, good skills, strong scrummager and a bit of a warrior. Also very entertaining with his singing and flower eating.
3. Jean-Pierre Garuet – Whenever we faced France and Jean-Pierre was playing we were always under real pressure. One of the true great tightheads ever.
4. Ian Jones – Played against him at U21s level and he was real quality then. Not the biggest lock in the world, but very athletic, clever and was outstanding in the lineout.
5. Simon Shaw – Always seemed to be in the shadow of Martin Johnson, but Shawsy for me was the better rugby player. For a big bloke he was dynamic, had excellent skills and very physical.
6. John Jeffrey – Gary Armstrong and I used to call him Dad! He looked that old. He looked after us on the pitch, but led us astray many times off it. JJ had great distribution and linked well from broken play.
7. Finlay Calder – He told me he was honed out of granite when I first got in the Scotland squad. He was strong, quick, clever and always led by example. He was a real leader who players wanted to follow and would be my captain.
8. Zinzan Brooke – The most talented back row I’ve seen and could easily have played in the three quarters.
9. Gary Armstrong – We came through the age group system at the same time and clicked straight away. He’s the toughest pound-for-pound player I have ever played with.
10. Michael Lynagh – The best all round fly-half of my generation and one of the top three ever. Never looked flustered and controlled the game beautifully either with boot or with ball in hand.
11. Jonah Lomu – Simply unstoppable and the best left winger that has lived. I had the pleasure of tackling him when he came my way in the 1995 World Cup.
12. Tim Horan – He was compact, explosive, agile and very quick over 30 metres. He also had excellent awareness and  got his team on the front foot from running good hard lines. A tough man to tackle.
13. Frank Bunce – Craig Innes and Philippe Sella are up there but I played against Frank when he was with Samoa and the All Blacks and he never gave an inch. One of the toughest players I played against.
14. David Campese – Campo could have played anywhere in the backline. He had a great rugby brain, he was quick and could change direction at pace with his famous goose step.
15. Sebastian Viars – Flamboyant Brive full-back who on his day was unstoppable. Not as consistent as others, but his pace and lines of running could cut any defence apart– and could kick goals.