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“Signed up” – Harlequins star Danny Care will quit rugby for new left-field career

#4. Austin Healey

OWENS SAID: “Definitely. I only caught him towards the end of his career, thankfully.

A wonderfully talented player and a very good pundit now, but he always had plenty say and quickly assumed I didn’t like him. He’s actually blocked me on Twitter, but I don’t think I’m the only one.”

DID YOU KNOW? He is a famously competitive and “outspoken” character, gaining the nickname “The Leicester Lip”

#5. Maro Itoje (England)

OWENS SAID: “Itoje is someone who plays right on the edge. That is what makes him such a great player. He must be so difficult to play against but he’s also difficult to referee and I mean that with the utmost respect.”

BARNES SAID: “The hardest players are the best players,” 

Maro Itoje of England during the Autumn Nations Match between England and Tonga at Twickenham Stoop on 6 November 2021. Photo: Tom Sandberg/PPAUK