RETIRING XV | Players you won't see represent their country again - in pictures

Not a year goes by without a rugby legend retiring, but the class of 2019 is something truly special.

14. D.T.H van der Merwe (Canada): After 61 appearances — and 38 tries, he announced he'll be hanging up his boots from international rugby.

11.Vereniki Goneva (Fiji)

5. Mamuka Gorgodze (Georgia): The former Georgia captain and talisman was named in their squad for Rugby World Cup 2019 after more than a two-year absence from the international stage. It seemed appropriate he got to bow out at the World Cup.

7. David Pocock (Austalia): While gutted to have bowed out of international rugby with Saturday’s 40-16 loss to England in the Rugby World Cup quarter-finals, Pocock is adamant he won’t be adding to his 83 Tests in the gold jumper, declaring his battered body has had enough after more than a decade at the top level.