Os picks his Best XV

Os du Randt is arguably the best loosehead South Africa has ever produced. He played his first Test in 1994 and has been around for 12 seasons. Os selects the best XV from the international stars he has played against during his long international career. As you will see the New Zealanders have made the biggest impression.

It's a little over 36 hours since WRU Chief Executive Steve Lewis ruined most of Britain's Rugby journalists' Valentine's dinners by announcing the departure of Mike Ruddock.

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The Os-some XV:
15 Christian Cullen (NZ)
14 Jeff Wilson (NZ)
13 Brian O'Driscoll (Ireland)
12 Tim Horan (Aus)
11 Jonah Lomu (NZ)
10 Jonny Wilkinson (Eng)
9 Justin Marshall (NZ)
8 Zinzan Brooke (NZ)
7 Richie McCaw (NZ)
6 Michael Jones (NZ)
5 John Eales (Aus)
4 Martin Johnson (Eng)
3 Olo Brown (NZ)
2 Sean Fitzpatrick (NZ)
1 Craig Dowd (NZ)
Replacements:
16 Keith Wood (Ireland)
17 Jason Leonard (Eng)
18 Ian Jones (NZ)
19 Laurent Cabannes (France)
20 George Gregan (Aus)
21 Daniel Carter (NZ)
22 Joe Roff (Aus)

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