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Dream Team
/ 9 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
/ 9 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
/ 9 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
/ 9 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
/ 9 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
/ 9 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
/ 9 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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Dream Team
/ 9 years agoDream Team: Tom Catterick – Newcastle fly-half
1. Mako Vunipola – I played England age goups with him and he’s an all-round ball carrier. He’s a proper scrummager...
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Dream Team
/ 9 years agoDream Team: Greig Tonks – London Irish fly-half
1. Alasdair Dickinson – One of the hardest working players I’ve come across and he always delivers whether that’s for Edinburgh...
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Dream Team
/ 9 years agoDream Team: Tom Heathcote – Worcester fly-half
1. Val Rapava-Ruskin – He can do things I never saw others props do and I’m certain once he gets his...
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Dream Team
/ 9 years agoDream Team: Tom Savage – Gloucester lock
1. Richard Barrington – I played with Baz at Hartpury. He’s now at Saracens and has gone on to win the...
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Dream Team
/ 9 years agoDream Team: Tyson Lewis – Doncaster wing
1. Sam Lockwood – Offers a lot whether that’s at the set-piece or in the loose. The standout loosehead in the...
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Dream Team
/ 9 years agoDream Team: Ciaran Hearn – Canada and London Irish centre
1. Cian Healy – I played against him twice. The first time was with Agen against Leinster and then at the...
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Dream Team
/ 9 years agoDream Team: Charlie Walker – Harlequins wing
1. Luke Cowan Dickie – I know he plays hooker now but we came through the England system together and he...
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Dream Team
/ 9 years agoDream Team: Joe Atkinson – London Scottish and ex-Cornish Pirates
1. Alan Paver – I’ve known Paves as a player and coach and he’s got a lot of time for the...
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Dream Team
/ 9 years agoDream Team: Ollie Phillips- former England 7s, Gloucester and Newcastle wing
1. Nick Wood – The Gloucester loosehead is such an underestimated prop. He is so effective at what he does. So...
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Dream Team
/ 10 years agoDream Team: Simon Hammersley – Newcastle Falcons full-back
1. Rob Vickers – Known as Mr Reliable in the Falcons squad. A very good player who just scores too many...
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Dream Team
/ 10 years agoDream Team: Nick Royle- Caldy and former Fylde, Sale & England 7s wing
1. Eifion Lewis-Roberts – ‘Fridge’ is a massive man. I’ll never forget that pre-season match in Perpignan with him flying across...
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Dream Team
/ 10 years agoDream 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...
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Dream Team
/ 10 years agoDream Team: Ben Moon – Exeter Chiefs loosehead prop
1. Marcos Ayerza – Regarded as the best loosehead in the world. He is very destructive at the scrum but he...
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Dream Team
/ 10 years agoDream Team: Alex Rae – Jersey captain and former Bedford & Northampton back-rower
1. Rodrigo Roncero – The former Argentina prop was quality at scrum time. I got the opportunity to face him with...
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Dream Team
/ 10 years agoDream Team: Alex Cheesman- Cornish Pirates and former Wasps flanker
1. Ricky Lutton – He is now playing at Ulster as a tighthead, but I played with him at University at...
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Dream Team
/ 10 years agoDream Team: Bryce Heem- Worcester and former Chiefs and New Zealand sevens wing
1. Ben Franks – The London Irish prop is such a big guy and he can be as strong and powerful...
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Dream Team
/ 10 years agoDream Team: Seremaia Bai – Leicester, Fiji and former Clermont and Castres center
1. Davit Zirakashvili – The big Georgian is a very dominant scrummager but he is also very mobile. He managed to...
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Dream Team
/ 10 years agoDream Team: Tinus du Plessis – London Scottish and Namibia flanker
1. Os du Randt – I played against him at Newlands in the lead up to the 2007 World Cup where...
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Dream Team
/ 10 years agoDream Team: Evan Olmstead – London Scottish flanker
1. Scott Sio – I played with him back in Australia and he’s probably the best loosehead the Wallabies have right now....
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Dream Team
/ 10 years agoDream Team: Ben Cooper – London Welsh and former Bedford prop
1. Mako Vunipola – The best loosehead I have scrummaged against and the corner stone of the Saracens pack. Good to...
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Dream Team
/ 10 years agoDream Team: Luke Wallace – Harlequins flanker
1. Joe Marler – I’ve known him for a long time and he’s a great character to have around. He’s also...
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Dream Team
/ 10 years agoDream Team: Scott Lawson – Newcastle and former London Irish and Gloucester hooker
1. Rob Vickers – For someone to move to loosehead so late in his career but to make such a good...
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Dream Team
/ 10 years agoDream Team: Guy Thompson – Wasps and former Gloucester and Jersey flanker
1. Christian Califano – A French legend who was a great character in the changing room when I came through the...
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Dream Team
/ 10 years agoDream Team: Mark Cornwell – former Gloucester lock
1. Rodrigo Roncero – An outstanding attacking scrummager with an all-round game. Tough customer who could carry and be as useful...
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Dream Team
/ 10 years agoDream Team: Tim Payne – London Scottish coach and former Wasps and England prop
1. Trevor Woodman – You just have to look at 2003 to see how good a scrummager he was plus he...
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Dream Team
/ 10 years agoDream Team: Marland Yarde – Harlequins, England and former London Irish wing
1. Clarke Dermody – I remember how big he was when I was coming through the London Irish academy. A former...
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Dream Team
/ 10 years agoDream Team: Adam Preocanin – Ealing and former London Scottish, Saracens and Queensland University lock
1. Darren Molloy – Packed down behind the Wasps legend when he was player-coach at Westcombe Park. Came on as sub,...
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Dream Team
/ 10 years agoDream Team: Michael Keating – Rotherham and former Leinster wing
1. Cian Healy – The Leinster star is a schoolmate of mine from Belvedere College. He has since gone on to...
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Dream Team
/ 10 years agoDream Team: James Bailey – former Saracens, Gloucester, Irish, Lyon and Wasps wing
1. Phil Vickery – Old school no nonsense, flat out commitment – he made it clear from day one what it...
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Dream Team
/ 10 years agoDream Team: Jebb Sinclair – London Irish and Canada flanker
1. Tom Court – Great Irish international who doesn’t grab the headlines but does a lot of unseen work. At top...
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Dream Team
/ 10 years agoDream Team: Richard Hibbard – Gloucester and Wales hooker
1. Paul James – My old Ospreys front row partner is a hell of a scrummager. He did really well for...
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Dream Team
/ 10 years agoDream Team: Sami Fisilau – Jersey and Tonga scrum-half
1. Pauliasi Manu – He used to be my neighbour back in Auckland. He’s now with the Chiefs and also trained...
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Dream Team
/ 10 years agoDream Team: Peter Lydon – London Scottish and former Stade Francais and Ulster full-back
1. Lovejoy Chawatama – Showed great potential for London Scottish and England Students last year. Really humble guy and great work...
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