All posts tagged "Dream Team"
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Dream Team
/ 10 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
/ 10 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
/ 10 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
/ 10 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
/ 10 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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Brendan Gallagher
/ 10 years agoBrendan Gallagher looks at how Wales have never yet come to terms with touring in New Zealand
Wales don’t travel to New Zealand often and when they do it’s usually calamitous but history will show that their first...
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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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Dream Team
/ 10 years agoDream Team: Aaron Mauger – Leicester head coach and former All Blacks and Crusaders centre
1. Greg Feek – My old Crusaders mate has the best laugh in world rugby. He’s now the scrum coach for...
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Dream Team
/ 10 years agoDream Team: Jack Yeandle – Exeter captain and former Doncaster hooker
1. Cian Healy – What he does on the international scene is pretty impressive. A very strong ball carrier. Ben “the...
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/ 10 years agoWales bid to keep Shaun Edwards from RFU
Wales have presented Shaun Edwards with a brand new contract and asked him to sign on for four more years. The...
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Dream Team
/ 10 years agoDream Team: James Gaskell – Wasps and former Sale lock
1. Andrew Sheridan – A big bloke and big scrummager too. An all-round impressive guy whom it was much better to...
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Dream Team
/ 10 years agoDream Team: Micheal Hills – Doncaster and former London Welsh and Sale lock
1. Andrew Sheridan – The former England powerhouse is the strongest man I have ever played rugby with. For that reason...
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Dream Team
/ 10 years agoDream Team: Freddie Burns – Leicester and former Gloucester fly-half
1. Nick Wood – A great friend and he’s become a Gloucester legend over the years. For a prop, he knows...
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Dream Team
/ 10 years agoDream Team: Ryan Burrows – Yorkshire Carnegie and former Rotherham No.8
1. Ben Harris – He’s moved to Newcastle now but he had a couple of very good seasons for us at...
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Dream Team
/ 10 years agoDream Team: Seb Jewell – London Welsh and former Harlequins & Wasps full-back
1. Pete Edwards – Pete “the meat” or “Hobnob” as he was known. My former London Welsh teammate is a great...
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Dream Team
/ 10 years agoDream Team: Lee Byrne – former Lions, Wales, Dragons, Clermont and Ospreys full-back
1. Gethin Jenkins – The Welsh Lion has an almighty engine around the park and is simply impossible to move at...
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Dream Team
/ 10 years agoDream Team: Tom Court – London Irish and former Ireland and Ulster prop
1. Rodrigo Roncero – The former Argentina prop is exactly how a loosehead should be – horrible, aggressive and mobile. In...
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Dream Team
/ 10 years agoDream Team: Joe Carlisle – London Welsh and former Worcester and Wasps fly-half
1. Matt Mullan – The fittest prop I’ve ever played with. A great leader too who is rightly captaining Wasps when...
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Dream Team
/ 11 years agoDream Team: Thomas Waldrom – Exeter and former Leicester and England No.8
1. Joe Marler – I got to pick Joe just because of his banter really. He’s also a very good prop...
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Dream Team
/ 11 years agoDream Team: Adam Powell – Newcastle and former Saracens centre
1. Deon Carstens – I played with the former South Africa Test prop at Saracens and aside from being a very...
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Dream Team
/ 11 years agoDream Team: Kelly Brown – Saracens, Scotland and former Borders back row
1. Cian Healy – Clearly spent a significant part of his life in the gym, strong, good in the set-piece and...
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Dream Team
/ 11 years agoDream Team: Alex Grove – Worcester and Scotland centre
1. Kyle Trainor – For a big bloke the Bristol prop is quite mobile and very skilful with ball in hand....
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Dream Team
/ 11 years agoDream Team: Joe Gray – Harlequins and former Northampton hooker
1. Tom Smith – He was awesome at the set piece but he was also able to step in at fly-half...
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Dream Team
/ 11 years agoDream Team: Darren Barry – Worcester and former Cornish Pirates & Bristol lock
1. Mako Vunipola – A big, strong and physical prop who has the skills of a back. He’s very humble and...
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Dream Team
/ 11 years agoDream Team: Rhys Lawrence – Ealing & former Bristol and Scarlets hooker
1. Ryan Bevington – I grew up playing alongside him in Llanelli. He’s got great pace for a prop and scored...
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Dream Team
/ 11 years agoDream Team: Billy Meakes – Gloucester and former Australia U20s centre
1. Scott Sio – I played with Scott both for Sydney’s Northern Suburbs and Australia U20s. A very good all round...
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Dream Team
/ 11 years agoDream Team: Tyler Hotson – Doncaster and Canada lock
1. Hubert Buydens – The Cow Head as he goes by. This guy always gets over the gain line and rumbles...
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