Rugby World Cup 100 greatest players: 80-61 including Brian O’Driscoll, Alun Wyn Jones and Brian Lima

Part two of The Independent’s five-part series unveiling the 100 greatest players of the Rugby World Cup

Part two of The Independent’s countdown of the greatest Rugby World Cup players of all time sees a number of big-hitters enter the equation.

After the likes of Diego Dominguez, Va’aiga Tuigamala and Gavin Hastings featured in Monday’s part one, a few more World Cup winners start to creep into the list as we edge towards the business end.

The first Welshman enters the countdown as well as the first Ireland international, along with a plethora of Kiwis, Springboks, Wallabies and Englishmen.

However, France and Samoa also feature, with a number true legends of the game included in the second segment of the countdown.

In total, 10 World Cup winners feature in the next batch of 20 World Cup greats – but the question is: who are they?

Click through the gallery below to see who makes up positions 80-61.

Read part one of the 100 greatest Rugby World Cup here.