Fabien Pelous

Date of birth: 7/12/73

Position: Lock

Test caps: 113

Test Debut: 1995 v Romania in Tucuman (Argentina) as a starter, France 52 Romania 8

Test Points: 35

Current Club: Toulouse

Strengths: Pelous is a true great of the professional era, and there is not a chink in his armour as far as the technicalities of lock play are concerned.

Weaknesses: Age and injury have taken their toll on his impressive frame, and he is very susceptible to physical mishaps.

Likely headline(s): Pelous lets loose on Pumas

Did you know? He is preparing for post-rugby life by developing a wine estate near Toulouse, and his business partner is, oddly, current Marseille and France international soccer player Djibril Cissé. Rumours that the wine is called chalk and cheese are yet to be subtantiated.