Monday 14 November 2016 15:59, UK
England World Cup hero Jonny Wilkinson and Ireland great Brian O'Driscoll are among the latest World Rugby Hall of Fame inductees.
Wilkinson kicked the winning drop goal as England beat Australia in the 2003 World Cup final in Sydney and he is joined in the Hall of Fame by team-mate Lawrence Dallaglio.
The fly-half bowed out of senior rugby in 2014 after helping Toulon complete a successful defence of their Heineken Cup crown and they also won the French Top 14 title in his final season.
Jeremy Guscott, one of the stars of the British & Irish Lions triumphant tour of South Africa in 1997, is also among the inductees along with former England women's captain Maggie Alphonsi.
The 12-strong list of 2016 inductees is dominated by home nations, with recently-retired O'Driscoll also included along with Shane Williams, who holds the Wales try-scoring record with 58 in 87 appearances.
O'Driscoll retired at the end of the 2014 season after a record 133 appearances for Ireland and a further eight for the British & Irish Lions, scoring a combined 47 tries in those matches.
Wales are also represented by 1971 British & Irish Lions captain John Dawes and one of the first stars of Welsh rugby, from the late 19th century, Arthur Gould.
GPS MacPherson, who represented Scotland between the two world wars, dual Australia and United States international Daniel Carroll, Japan's Daisuke Ohata and Canada women's star Heather Moyse, also a dual Winter Olympics bobsleigh gold medallist, complete the list.
The players will be formally inducted on Thursday at the opening of the World Rugby Hall of Fame in Rugby, the midlands town which gave the sport its name.
It will form a major part of the Rugby Art Gallery and Museum and will be opened by World Rugby chairman Bill Beaumont, himself a Hall of Fame inductee in 2014.
"The latest set of inductions includes some real legends, players who have helped to shape the image of rugby and inspire generations of fans," said Beaumont.
"They are truly some of the biggest names in our sport and all have contributed immensely to the enjoyment we have all felt watching top-level rugby over the decades.
"While the Hall of Fame has been in existence for some years, it is exciting that finally it will have a permanent home and fitting that it should be in the town that gave our game its name, Rugby."
