Conor Murray's Ultimate XV - back three
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Bundee Aki (inside centre)
Perhaps not a surprising pick at 12, the New Zealand-born centre has won three Six Nations titles with Ireland and started Lions Tests in 2021 and 2025.
"A freakish athlete, freakishly strong, just a gamebreaker of a 12.
"What he's carved out, he's probably one of the most popular people in Ireland at the moment with the way he plays and how much it means to him.
"Just his ability as a rugby player in attack and defence. He melts people in defence. He's got the odd red card because of it, he lives on that edge."
Brian O'Driscoll (outside centre)
"Drico was just that generational player who changed the game. There was just this aura around him.
"Training with Brian was unbelievable, stuff he did. Everything he did seemed easy to him. He was incredibly physical. There was a period when he scored loads of pick-and-go tries, that was the leader in him saying 'I'm getting us over the line'.
"He was just a generational player who was right at the top."