Sadly, my knowledge would still need to improve dramatically to make such a bold selection. It would it be like picking a team and picking your mates first as they are the only people you know! There is plenty of time to carry on responsibly tasting!!

In one of my early international appearances I had a club colleague and friend who was in the opposition and known for his physicality, hover all 8 studs of his boots above my body and gave me a fierce warning should he find me on the wrong side again they were mine.

Mini rugby meant that I started in the front row of the 4 man scrum, but especially when playing up age grades I played for my junior club, Salisbury in whatever position needed. So did have the odd game on wing, full back, and even one at fly half! My school days were as a No.8. In my first year at College after school, in the important games I wasn't good enough to get in backrow so had to do my stint in the 2nd row! When I joined Saracens, is when I moved to flanker, as at the time I was deemed too small.

In terms of build up, it would be without doubt the World Cup Final. Every night I was losing sleep at night, with the thoughts of being the person who could drop a ball that would cost the team. Fortunately, I was able to grab power naps throughout the day. Once the match started, it was a case of getting on and doing the job I had trained for. Unbelievably, even heading in to extra time, the team as a whole were remarkably calm and focussed.

Genuinely don't believe there will be a dark horse to win the World Cup. France would have been my outside bet before the 6 Nations. They have had some good results in New Zealand against the hosts. But will have to perform better than their 6 Nations matches. Looking forward to seeing if Georgia can go that little step further after narrow loss to Ireland and Russia's first appearance at a World Cup.