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Dream Team
/ 7 years agoDream Team: Leicester Tigers centre Matt Smith
Matt Smith picks the best player he has played with and against in his rugby career
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Dream Team
/ 8 years agoDream Team: Soane Tonga’uhia – Bristol prop
1. Craig Dowd – He was the Auckland and All Blacks loosehead when I was growing up and I was lucky...
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Dream Team
/ 8 years agoDream Team: Francis Saili – Harlequins centre
1. Tony Woodcock – He played in the Blues front row for so many years and then I was lucky to...
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Dream Team
/ 8 years agoDream Team: Tim Visser – Harlequins wing
1. Joe Marler – He’s a formidable man and a very good player. He’s very strong as a ball carrying prop...
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Dream Team
/ 8 years agoDream Team: Ryan Bevington – Bristol and former Ospreys prop
1. Ryan Bevington – I’d love to play in the team I’m about to pick so I’d have to select myself...
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Dream Team
/ 8 years agoDream Team: Arthur Ellis – Ealing Trailfinders openside
1. Joe Marler – I played with him for England U20s. His work rate in attack and defence is what made...
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Dream Team
/ 8 years agoDream Team: Rory Pitman – Jersey No.8
1. Phil John – A Scarlet legend who’s been very reliable over the years. He started playing in 1999 and must...
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Dream Team
/ 8 years agoDream Team: Nick Selway – Jersey hooker
1. Sam Lockwood – The first of many in this team who went from Jersey to the Premiership. Impressive scrummager with...
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Dream Team
/ 8 years agoDream Team: Matt Everard – Nottingham captain
1. Simon McIntyre – I was lucky to play with him at Wasps coming through the ranks at the same time....
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Dream Team
/ 8 years agoDream Team: Joe Munro – Ealing Trailfinders centre
1. Max Lahiff – Your modern day prop but he takes it to new levels being a complete freak of nature....
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Dream Team
/ 8 years agoDream Team: Tommy Bell – London Irish fly-half
1. Simon McIntyre – A very big lad who can carry hard and knows how to run a line off his...
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Dream Team
/ 8 years agoTRP’s National Two North Dream Team
Caldy were beaten just twice all season as they earned promotion to National League One with a very impressive campaign and...
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Dream Team
/ 8 years agoDream Team: Demetri Catrakilis – future Harlequins fly-half
1. Steven Kitshoff – His all-round skills give him the nod at loosehead. Whether scrummaging, carrying, tackling he can do it...
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Dream Team
/ 8 years agoNational League One Dream Team
Hartpury College became the first team in history to win 30 from 30 in National League One as the West Country...
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Dream Team
/ 8 years agoDream Team: Brendan McKibbin – London Irish scrum-half
1. Tom Court – Nothing to do with his rugby abilities really, it’s just that he’s so old he can be...
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Dream Team
/ 8 years agoDream Team: Karl Dickson – Harlequins scrum-half
1. Joe Marler – One of the hardest men in rugby and that’s why he’s going on the Lions tour this...
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Dream Team
/ 8 years agoThe Rugby Paper’s Championship Dream Team
London Irish were head and shoulders above any other side during the regular season but many individuals have stood out to...
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Dream Team
/ 8 years agoDream Team: Shaun Knight – Bath tighthead
1. Marcos Ayerza – He was the hardest prop I ever faced as a young player and every tighthead I speak...
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Dream Team
/ 8 years agoDream Team: Teimana Harrison – Northampton flanker
1. Mako Vunipola – The guy is a ridiculous carrier. He is good at the scrum like any prop should but...
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Dream Team
/ 8 years agoDream Team: Alex Crockett – former Bath centre
1. David Flatman – He would get you six or nine points per game just by talking to the referee and...
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Dream Team
/ 8 years agoDream Team: Nic Groom – Northampton scrum-half
1. Steven Kitshoff – We started at the same time at the Stormers and he’s got a great work rate. He’s...
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Dream Team
/ 8 years agoDream Team: Will Owen – Rotherham centre
1. Robin Hislop – ‘Bomber’ has a solid set piece and a great work rate in the loose. He wears his...
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Dream Team
/ 8 years agoDream Team: Jim Evans – former Harlequins lock
1. Ceri Jones – He has to be the hairiest player to play the game. I was never quite sure if...
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Dream Team
/ 8 years agoDream Team: Topsy Ojo – London Irish wing
1. Clarke Dermody – It can’t be bad when your prop has hands like a centre as well as being able...
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Dream Team
/ 8 years agoDream Team: Marc Jones – Bristol hooker
1. Eifion Lewis-Roberts – Turned up at Sale around the same time as me in 2005, so I spent a long...
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Dream Team
/ 8 years agoDream Team: Steve Boden – Yorkshire Carnegie forwards coach
1. Tom Davies – Known as ‘Toddy’, he is very good at the set piece but also very skilful ball in...
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Dream Team
/ 8 years agoDream Team: Brendon O’Connor – Leicester flanker
1. Tony Woodcock – I played with him at the Blues and he’s a great player. So much so that he...
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Dream Team
/ 8 years agoDream Team: Declan Cusack – Doncaster fly-half
1. Luke Cowan-Dickie – I only played with him a few times down at Plymouth Albion and he was still a...
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Dream Team
/ 8 years agoDream Team: Mike Delany – Newcastle fly-half
1. Sone Taumalolo – My old Chiefs mate brings fear into the opposition but he’s actually a gentle giant and a...
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Dream Team
/ 8 years agoDream Team: Jack Wallace – Bristol full-back
1. Kyle Trainor – Fantastic leader who brings his international experience to the squad. Very vocal and very much a player...
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Dream Team
/ 8 years agoDream Team: Alex Rieder – Wasps flanker
1. Mako Vunipola – The in-form loosehead in the country. Unbelievable around the park and his scrummaging has improved massively. 2....
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Dream Team
/ 8 years agoDream Team: Sione Kalamafoni – Gloucester back rower
1. Tony Woodcock – I played against the All Blacks in the last two World Cups and every time he was...
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Dream Team
/ 8 years agoDream Team: James Horwill – Harlequins lock
1. James Slipper – My old Reds and Wallabies mate is a prop who used to be a fly-half. And in...
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Dream Team
/ 8 years agoDream Team: Geoff Parling – Exeter lock
1. Rob Vickers – He came through the Falcons academy with me and has made over 200 appearances for them since....
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Dream Team
/ 8 years agoDream Team: Marcus Watson – Newcastle wing
1. Mako Vunipola – Known as ‘Bacon Ears’. My old housemate is not shy of a KFC. An awesome person to...
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Dream Team
/ 8 years agoDream Team: Dan Mugford – Sale fly-half
1. Mako Vunipola – I don’t know a lot about pushing in the scrum but his skill set is top draw...
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Dream Team
/ 8 years agoDream Team: Matt Mullan – Wasps prop
1. Tony Windo – He helped me out a lot when I was coming through the Worcester academy. He was a...
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Dream Team
/ 8 years agoDream Team: Andrew Fenby – Saracens wing
1. Pete Edwards – ‘The Meat’ is a late comer to the game, turning pro at 28 at the Scarlets. But...
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Dream Team
/ 8 years agoDream Team: Marco Mama – Worcester flanker
1. Mako Vunipola – Val Rapava-Ruskin could be in the same league soon, but Mako is a hell of a player,...
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Dream Team
/ 8 years agoDream Team: Olly Woodburn – Exeter wing
1. Alec Hepburn – He sits next to me in the Chiefs‘ changing room and he’s a great player. He did...
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Dream Team
/ 9 years agoDream Team: Richard Baxter – Exeter Chiefs legend
1. Andrew Sheridan – I played with him with England U21s and he was very strong in the scrum but also...
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Dream Team
/ 9 years agoDream Team: Cooper Vuna – Worcester wing
1. Val Rapava-Ruskin – He’s the most mobile loosehead I know and he loves getting stuck in at the breakdown. It...
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Dream Team
/ 9 years agoDream Team: Phil Dollman – Exeter full-back
1. Brett Sturgess – Plenty can be said about ‘Sturg’. He once said he was the first name on the team...
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Dream Team
/ 9 years agoDream Team: Carl Kirwan – Worcester flanker
1. Alec Hepburn – His work rate is phenomenal and he seems to have got his scrummaging right since we played...
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Dream Team
/ 9 years agoDream Team: Ross Chisholm – Harlequins full-back
1. Joe Marler – I grew up playing with Joe at Haywards Heath where I was a year below him. He’s...
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Dream Team
/ 9 years agoDream Team: Jamie Gibson – Northampton flanker
1. Marcos Ayerza – There can’t have been many better looseheads than him over the last four or five years at...
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Dream Team
/ 9 years agoDream Team: Billy Robinson – Nottingham full-back
1. Campese Ma’afu – The Fijian had a great 2015 World Cup. Top scrummager, good ball skills, and puts in some...
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Dream Team
/ 9 years agoDream Team: Jake Sharp – Bedford Blues fly-half
1. Mako Vunipola – He is my old housemate and one of the best ball carrying props around. It was great...
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Dream Team
/ 9 years agoDream Team: Alex Waller – Northampton loosehead
1. Soane Tonga’uhia – Very good set-piece but he’s exceptional in the open which comes with being a 140kg (22st) Tongan....
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Dream Team
/ 9 years agoDream Team: Darryl Veenendaal – Nottingham scrum-half
1. Alan Paver – He played so many games for the Pirates over the years and ruled the roost in the...
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