The 6 most underrated players in the Gallagher Premiership right now

A powerful, hard-hitting ball carrier, Wray is a highly skilled graduate of the Saracens academy who has gone on to achieve success at the senior level. With multiple Premierships and back-to-back Champions Cup medals, he’s probably one of the most successful club players never to play for England.

Wasps may have fielded more recognisable names with chunkier pay packets in their backline over the past three seasons, but few have performed as consistently and wholeheartedly as Bassett. A fantastic young player.

The young lock has been the man that Dean Richards has built his pack around up in the North East. They have yet again dodged the relegation discussion completely and instead are looking upwards. Confident line-out exponent with an incredible engine to get him around the field, Green rarely wins a man-of-the-match award, yet probably makes top three every time.

Tom captained the club in the 2013-14 season, and his experience and versatility have seen him as one of the first names on the teamsheet for the Cherry and Whites since. Also an underrated ball carrier.

Back-row forward Will Welch became the Falcons youngest ever club captain in 2012 when, at the age of 22, he took on the leadership role. Skippering the side to the Championship title in his first season he has since led them in the Premiership, where his tireless work ethic and relentless tackling have marked him as a stand-out performer.

Not fully underrated but we hear a lot more talk about Ford, Farrell, Gopperth, Cipriani, Billy and Freddie Burns and even his teammate Slade than we do about Lord Steenson. Metronomic boot and game controller, he is without doubt one of the greats.