Dan Vlad

Date of birth: 12/7/83

Position: Full-back

Test caps: 7

Test debut: Russia, 2004

Test points: 4

Current club: Bucuresti

Strengths: Kicking and instictive attacking flair

Weaknesses: Inexperience

Likely headline: Vlad's thrust drives a stake through Scottish/Italian hearts

Did you know: A little off the player himself, but Vlad III the impaler, as he was known, was a 15th Century prince and ruler of Wallachia, and is the real-life character said to be the inspiration behind Bram Stoker's Dracula.