RANKED | The HARDEST tacklers at the 2019 Rugby World Cup

A genuine hero of Tonga on and off the rugby pitch. The Gloucester back-rower was described by former Kingsholm boss Nigel Davies, the ex-Wales caretaker and Scarlets coach as ‘a big kid in a mini rugby game when he gets going at times. He causes carnage all over the place once he hits his stride’. The Cherry & Whites enforcer is also prone to making headline news off the pitch as well. None more so than the day he reportedly saved at least seven children from a Tongan orphanage that was burning down.

At 6ft 8ins and 18st 7lbs not easy to miss on the rugby field and even harder to stop. Has enforcer blood running through his veins as his dad is a Cape Town policeman while uncle Clifford a renowned Western Province hardman whose exploits in the Currie Cup in the 70s and 80s remain the stuff of legend.

Six foot six of Scottish steel, Gray has proved himself to be one of the most dominant second rows in Northern Hemisphere rugby or even the world. He made an INCREDIBLE 55 tackles in Scotland's four pool games.

French fly-half Jules Plisson learnt a lesson in physics in the harshest possible way as the 18st frame of Courtney Lawes almost scythed him in two. He's since made this a trademark if his all-action performances.

Destroyed Billy Vunipola with the most memorable tackle of the tournament so far. An absolute BEAST of a man.

Anyone nicknamed ‘Gorgodzilla’ for his exploits in the school for hard knocks that is the French Top 14 means the 6ft 5ins 18st 10lbs Tblisi-born back rower is not one of life’s shrinking violets. Back home his rampaging style of play and passion for the physical side of the game has earned him two monikers, ‘Gulliver’ because he is a giant among men and the ‘Georgian Animal’... enough said.

The Cork man is as hard as nails and an old-school back rower who could have easily packed down with Irish legend Fergus Slattery back in the 70s and early 80s. Puts his body on the line for the Irish and Munster cause and like Alun Wyn Jones for Wales, his belting out of his national anthem is a sight for sore eyes.