SAM CROSS, THE FORMER GB SEVENS AND NEWPORT, OSPREYS, NEWCASTLE AND TARBES FLANKER, WHO IS NOW AT MERTHYR RFC, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST...

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1. Nicky Smith – Has terrible footwork which somehow works for him and has an awful scrum profile which, again, somehow works for him. A great scrummager and great jackaler, who I played with at Ospreys. It’s good to see him doing well at Leicester. Is one cap short of 50 for Wales.
2. Jamie Blamire – Played with him at Newcastle. He’s fast, powerful and dynamic, knows his way to the try line and is very good over the b...