GREATEST RUGBY LOCKS EVER
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Locks rarely get the highlight reels, and ranking them is a different exercise entirely. Lineout control, scrum power, work rate, leadership and the willingness to do the unglamorous work all matter more than tries.
These five come from different countries and different decades, and each one defined what a second row was supposed to be in his time.
Rank five of rugby's greatest locks from best to worst, one at a time.
A modern All Blacks lock combining lineout work with unusual mobility and ball skills for his size.
A World Cup-winning Wallaby captain and the rare lock who also kicked goals at Test level.
England's 2003 Rugby World Cup-winning captain and one of the most uncompromising forwards the northern hemisphere has produced.
The definitive All Black hard man of the 1960s, whose reputation still shapes what New Zealanders expect from a forward.
A Springbok lineout technician whose reading of the opposition throw was considered the best in world rugby.