"Freak" - Wales legend Adam Jones names his rugby dream team

“The best loosehead to play the game.”

“I loved him. He could have gone to rugby league years ago. We were very kindred spirits around our training methods and diet! But he'd hit people, he was a genuine tough boy.”

“Brilliant.”

“It was pretty obvious I was going to go with Al. He came training with us as a 17-year-old in 2003. He became an icon, then he went to astronomical levels of how revered he was around the world.”

“I was unlucky to play against him, lucky enough to play with him for two years at the Ospreys. It was eye-opening… We signed [Collins], Tiatia and Marty Holah and suddenly those big teams weren't taking as many liberties.

You've got this dude with the blonde flat-top just eyeing up the French players as they walk on the field. But weirdly, unbelievably professional! If there was a Sunday afternoon drinking session, Monday morning he'd be straight in and sweating it out in the sauna or he's doing something in the gym. He was brilliant to have around.”

“He only had two caps for the All Blacks, but Filo turned out not just to be a ball-carrier, but a father figure to us as a younger group of players. He was really experienced, he'd been around the block playing in Japan and New Zealand. Again, he's another hard, proper tough bloke.”

“Just to add to the size of this team, 6ft 4in and probably more aggressive than half of those [forwards]!

He was underrated skill-wise, he could kick a ball 60 metres, he didn't have to pass. He was a hell of a player and a massive competitor. The confidence, the arrogance, he backed it up. I loved playing with him.”

“He was 18 when he came into the Ospreys team, and he was our 10 in a team of 23 internationals.

You had this spotty little kid bossing you around, and what I love about him is he hasn't changed. You see him on the field now and he's very theatrical, but he was like that back then, even as an 18-year-old.

Did I play with him in his pomp? Probably not, he came through a lot later. But just remembering what he was like as a kid and seeing what he's gone and done now, I'll pick Biggar.”

“What a player. Going back to that Ospreys team when we had that many players, to go to a guy that's 5ft 8in and probably 12 stone and say 'you have the ball, go and do something' and then him do it, it's a joke.

2008, when he won the World Player of the Year, some of the stuff he was doing was like, 'oh man, this is almost not real'. Amazing player, hard work on a night out!”

“I'm going to have go to for Leigh Halfpenny. Just for what he's done and that he's at [Harlequins] now. When I played with him, he was ridiculous. It was unbelievable watching him kick, I'd be stood behind him and every time it was straight as a die.

I don't know what other Welsh players the Quins boys have had at the club, but they must think they're all really arrogant, as they've all said 'Oh, Leigh Halfpenny's really nice!' I loved playing with him and seeing what he's done with 100 caps and the Lions.”