Last December, World Rugby announced their Team of the Decade and it is fair to say not every rugby fan agreed.

The Flanker went through the XV and made our own changes where needed.

With the draw for Rugby World Cup 2023 in the books, England fans are already looking forward to their next chance to claim the title that eluded them in Japan in 2019. The Flanker has got out the crystal balls to see who will be running out in the tournament opener in three years' time.

Rugby World Cup's allow players to make a name for themselves on the biggest stage of all. Takudzwa Ngwenya did just that in 2007 when he destroyed Bryan Habana on the way to a brilliant try. The Flanker pays tribute to the flying American winger.

As Dan Leo’s powerful documentary ‘Oceans Apart: Greed, Betrayal and Pacific Rugby’ takes the game by storm, the issue of World Rugby’s outdated eligibility rules has never been more important. The Flanker examines why the rules need to be updated and how it can benefit the game of rugby across the world.

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.

The Flanker remembers Christophe Dominici, the 67-cap France winger who was involved in two of France’s greatest ever victories, over New Zealand at both the 1999 and 2007 Rugby World Cup tournaments, who has died suddenly aged 48.

South Africa is not participating in this year’s Rugby Championship but remain “committed” to the competition amid talks of joining the Six Nations.

The Currie Cup starts next weekend so take our rugby quiz on their legendary captains.

Italy, since their admission to the Six Nations in 2000, have long been everyone’s second team. However, with results not improving and Georgia looming in the background, do they still deserve a place in the tournament?

The England under-20s class of 2013 won the top prize of the Junior World Championship, with the players achieving varying degrees of success. Tragic tales of early retirements, lawsuits against ex-teammates and a sun cream company CFO meant we found out what they were up to now.

The 2020 Six Nations is in the books as England sealed the title with a convincing win against Italy, Scotland ground out an important win against Wales before Ireland and France played out a thriller. Read our Five Talking Points below.

A hard one to test your memories but can you recall the Six Nations Grand Slam Winning XVs? This is post-2000 when Italy joined the competition with them and Scotland the only teams not to do it.

It was set for a historic day at Twickenham when Saracens arrived for the 2019 Gallagher Premiership final, chasing their second Double in four years. Up against them was familiar opposition in the Exeter Chiefs. What would transpire over the next 80 minutes defied all logic - and caused Alastair Eykyn to break Exeter hearts.

During his tenure from 2008 to 2011 as England Head Coach, legendary World Cup-winning captain Martin Johnson handed 33 players their debut for the national team. With some more successful than others, The Flanker has ranked them below.

The dark arts, gamesmanship or, as we like to call it, shithousery is as big a part of the sport as a Jonny Wilkinson drop goal or a Phil Bennett sidestep. We have picked out five of the greatest, most controversial and downright devious moments of shithousery in rugby history.

This is a tough quiz, but can you name all the players to have started for Wales in the opening game of a Six Nations Rugby Championship between the years of 2014 and 2020? It includes their Grand Slam winners of 2019 in Warren Gatland’s swansong.

With his long shaggy hair, fearsome scrummaging ability and wearing his heart on his sleeve, legendary Italy international prop Martin Castrogiovanni remains a fans hero at Leicester Tigers. Look back on his time at Welford Road and how he lit up the Premiership with his rugby skill.

The semifinals of the European Rugby Champions Cup did not disappoint, as Racing dethroned Saracens to set up a top-tier final against Exeter Chiefs, who dispatched four-time champions Toulouse. In the Challenge Cup, Bristol Bears needed extra time to get past Bordeaux-Begles and Toulon saw off a struggling Leicester Tigers to set up an equally mouth-watering final.

As Dave Rennie names his first Wallabies squad, fresh off the success of Super Rugby AU, he will know there are problems he needs to address to start the rebuild for Australian rugby - but how has he done so far?

European rugby is back with the Challenge Cup and Champions Cup kicking off the knockout rounds after a coronavirus enforced delay. Saracens faced off against powerhouses Leinster, there was an all-French affair in Clermont while Northampton Saints aimed to upset the odds down in Exeter against the Chiefs.

It all started so well for England at the 2015 Rugby World Cup when they beat Fiji on opening night, with Sam Burgess coming off the bench to much fanfare. They would ultimately crash out at the pool stages after losses to Wales and Australia, but can you name the 23 who took to the field in the first game?