Dominant scrums can provide points-scoring opportunities, grind down your opposition physically and provide a massive mental boost to a forward pack in games of rugby. With that in mind, we picked nine of the best scrummagers of the modern era.

The Flanker remembers World Cup-winning All Blacks halfback Piri Weepu’s spell at London Welsh, which saw the famous old club relegated from the Premiership without winning a single game.

Finishers in rugby are worth their weight in gold and these guys certainly were assassins when it came to crossing the whitewash. Here are the top 11 try scorers in Rugby World Cup history.

Rugby World Cup's allow players to make a name for themselves on the biggest stage of all. Takudzwa Ngwenya did just that in 2007 when he destroyed Bryan Habana on the way to a brilliant try. The Flanker pays tribute to the flying American winger.

The Flanker remembers Christophe Dominici, the 67-cap France winger who was involved in two of France’s greatest ever victories, over New Zealand at both the 1999 and 2007 Rugby World Cup tournaments, who has died suddenly aged 48.

Double Heineken Cup winner with Toulon and 52 caps for the Springboks, Joe van Niekerk had a glittering career in rugby.

What happened next was truly remarkable as he moved to Costa Rica to live on an organic retreat.

Read our interview below.

The now-famous Chicago Bulls documentary showed us the establishment and preservation of a sporting legacy. In 2015, we saw the culmination of New Zealand's attempts to do something similar in the rugby world.

When England were outclassed 36-0 by South Africa in their second pool game of the 2007 World Cup, not much hope was on show for the holders.