4. Alistair Hargreaves (South Africa, four caps)
5. Thibaut Privat (France, 10 caps)
6. Xavier Rush (New Zealand, eight caps)
7. Steffon Armitage (England, five caps)
They wrote: “It is a moot point as to what the former London Irish flanker might have achieved in an England shirt, at a time when his country was crying out for a rambunctious openside – 50 caps, perhaps? In a different life… He went on to pummel the Top 14 and still plays in France, for Biarritz. Toulouse’s elegant flanker, Jean Bouilhou, would be an admirable benchman.”