Dream Team: Jack Yeandle – Exeter captain and former Doncaster hooker

Jack Yeandle1. Cian Healy – What he does on the international scene is pretty impressive. A very strong ball carrier. Ben “the Truffle Pig” Moon deserves a shout, too.
2. Schalk Brits – He's changed the hooker position in recent years. You see our role as an extra back-row but he's proved you can also return kicks and chill in the back-line, beating players with incredible feet.
3. Carl Hayman – He came on when we played and me and Mooney looked at each other after the first scrum thinking: “We felt that one.” Technical and sheer strength.
4. Dean Mumm – He was just incredible when he joined the club. He deals with the lock duties very well with his long ‘noodle' arms. Has a big burst of acceleration with his camel strides, too.
5. Damian Welch – Gets the nod over Bakkies Botha because he's a wizard in the air and makes my job easier at the lineout because, if my throw goes astray – and it never does! – he can just pluck the ball in the air one-handed and still get it to the scrum-half.
6. Dave Ewers – Unstoppable! Tops all the stats in the league and how he's not in the set-up is beyond me.
7. Don Armand – Purely based on his current form.Had a great start to the season. He's had a huge affect on our back- row.
8. Thomas Waldrom – The Turkey has changed our back- row. Links with Dave Ewers really well.
9. Will Chudley – My roommate on away trips so I wouldn't hear the end of it if I didn't pick him. Extremely talented, too, and he should be pushing for international recognition.
10. Jonny Wilkinson – Gareth Steenson never misses but I grew up idolising Jonny. When we played in Toulon he stayed at our table talking to the boys while most of his teammates were long gone.
11. Drew Mitchell – World-class player and  proved it again at the with that break in the semi-final – and in the final.
12. Wesley Fofana – He did what he wanted when he played against us and ran through people as if we weren't there. Sam Hill will be up there soon.
13. He did well for England at the World Cup when he played. He's going great at the Chiefs and to top it all he's got a huge boot on him.
14. Jack Nowell – Extremely good feet despite his stupid rat's tail. A star player for the Chiefs.
15. Phil Dollman – We have played against some great full-backs in the recent seasons but Phil competed with all of them. Never has a bad game in a Chiefs shirt and I hope realises he is actually Welsh.

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