Italy stalwart Sergio Parisse has picked two World Cup-winning Springbok greats in his all-time dream team.
Selecting his best of the best for Ruck.co.uk, Parisse’s team includes five World Cup winners and five former World Player of the Year winners.
Bryan Habana, who scored eight tries as part of the Bok team that won the 2007 World Cup, forms a back three with Welshman Shane Williams and Scotsman Stuart Hogg.
Two-time World Cup-winner Os du Randt packs down in the front row with Leonardo Ghiraldini and Martin Castrogiovanni, with fellow Italians Mirco Bergamasco and Marco Bortolami also cracking the nod.
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Bortolami slots into the second row alongside Welshman Alun Wyn Jones, while Bergamasco forms a midfield partnership with Irish icon Brian O’Driscoll.
From New Zealand, there is ex-All Blacks skipper Kieran Read, another two-time World Cup winner, who is joined by Kiwi scrumhalf Aaron Smith.
Englishman Jonny Wilkinson, Australian David Pocock and Frenchman Thierry Dusautoir complete the lineup.
Sergio Parisse’s Dream Team – 15 Stuart Hogg (Scotland), 14 Shane Williams (Wales), 13 Brian O’Driscoll (Ireland), 12 Mirco Bergamasco (Italy), 11 Bryan Habana (South Africa), 10 Jonny Wilkinson (England), 9 Aaron Smith (New Zealand), 8 Kieran Read (New Zealand), 7 Thierry Dusautoir (France), 6 David Pocock (Australia), 5 Alun Wyn Jones (Wales), 4 Marco Bortolami (Italy), 3 Martin Castrogiovanni (Italy), 2 Leonardo Ghiraldini (Italy), 1 Os du Randt (South Africa).
