Dominant scrums can provide points-scoring opportunities, grind down your opposition physically and provide a massive mental boost to a forward pack in games of rugby. With that in mind, we picked nine of the best scrummagers of the modern era.

Finishers in rugby are worth their weight in gold and these guys certainly were assassins when it came to crossing the whitewash. Here are the top 11 try scorers in Rugby World Cup history.

Le Petit General Dimitri Yachvili was a rugby playmaker like no other in a stellar career for France and Biarritz. A passing master whose box and goal kicking were unrivalled, he was rugby’s quarterback that had the oval ball on a string. Here is an ode to the legendary scrum-half.

To win the Rugby World Cup once puts in you an elite club, so what about those who win it twice? For our quiz we want you to name the 21 players to lift the William Webb Ellis trophy more than once.

Sir Clive Woodward, remarkably for a World Cup winner, has not coached in professional rugby since the 2005 British and Irish Lions tour.

Instead, he turned his back on the oval game to become Technical Director at Southampton FC above King of the Jungle Harry Redknapp.

We remember a disastrous spell when Sir Clive tried to break into football.

Double Heineken Cup winner with Toulon and 52 caps for the Springboks, Joe van Niekerk had a glittering career in rugby.

What happened next was truly remarkable as he moved to Costa Rica to live on an organic retreat.

Read our interview below.