The discussion around Matt Banahan and the suggestion of turning him into a second row got me thinking about players that could play in other positions - so here is the Out of Position XV. 2241

We at The Rugby Blog love a good stat. Well I do anyway. So imagine how beside myself I was when a friend emailed to say he had stumbled across a list of the players with 90 or more caps and was speculating as to whether you could make a

Rob Watson has put together the all-time worst nightmare XV for the rugby commentator. Just imagine if they threw the ball around like the All Blacks at their best. 583

Dracula: fearsome skipper of the Halloween XVThe fantasy XV is back and this side is more vile, more gruesome, more gnarly than the scariest, cabbage-eared rugby player you have ever laid eyes on.In a particularly objective selection meeting, several players had drawbacks noted beside their names, and as always there

This time around the topic for the Fantasy XV is Sportsmen, people who have clearly wasted their god given talents by not playing rugby. To keep things interesting only one player per sport has been allowed, and I’ve counted Rugby League as too similar, although given Andy Farrell’s success in

Diplomacy has been put aside by Alex Cook for this XV. Packs don’t come much mightier than this, although finding a suitable language for line-out calls may prove difficult. Perhaps not the most politically correct XV but where’s the harm in a bit of stereotyping?Countries XV1. Russia - big, mean

A formidable back row Following one or two questionable decisions in Brian Ashton's England squad yesterday, here are some real issues to thrash out. Kemlo Longstaff and Mike Wallace have put together this bevy of belles and rather worryingly, I

Thanks for the response to the cartoon characters, some strong competition in that squad. I forgot to mention that efforts were made not to include more than one character from each cartoon, hence why there was only one Thundercat.Onto a more seasonal theme this time – the Bearded XV –