Positions

1. Loosehead Prop
2. Hooker
3. Tighthead Prop
4. Second Row
5. Second Row
6. Blindside Flanker
7. Openside Flanker
8. Number 8
9. Scrum Half
10. Fly Half
11. Left Wing
12. Inside Centre
13. Outside Centre
14. Right Wing
15. Fullback

Number 8

Packs down at the back of the scrum, between the two locks.

Responsible for the crucial role of providing the scrum-half with good ball from the base of the scrum or launching attacks from the same position.

Often more physically imposing than his back row colleagues, he is a ball winner at the tail of the lineout and a ball carrier in loose play