HALL OF SHAME
10 THE BRASS NECK OF IT
During the course of his long and illustrious career, former All Blacks captain Richie McCaw was subjected to all sorts of violent acts.
He was head-butted, eye-gouged, tipped on his head, high tackled and stamped on.
But in a 2006 Super Rugby match against the Hurricanes he was, would you believe it, strangled, although the culprit was never found or punished.
That's right McCaw was held around the throat by someone for 24 seconds and came perilously close to passing out on the pitch,.
The incident occurred at the bottom of a ruck so was never captured on TV and McCaw, who was never one to go public about the treatment he received, said nothing.
He did, however, tell Crusaders management that he was starting to panic before his team-mates came to his rescue and physically restrained the opposition player.
09 LIVING THE HIGH LIFE
Former England prop Matt Stevens was in the unusual position of being both an international class tight forward and an excellent singer.
In 2009 he was given the opportunity to appear on a celebrity
