There are players who lift a team, there are players who define a phase, and then there’s Ox Nche; a loosehead prop who doesn’t just anchor scrummages, he completely weaponises them and he turns them into match changing moments.

In a game increasingly shaped by mobility, versatility, and line-speed, Nche is a reminder that rugby still begins at the set-piece and as far as modern Test rugby goes, the little destroyer is a benchmark for propping brilliance.

Nche currently ranks as the number one player in the URC Top 100, scoring 95.2 on the StatMaster xP algorithm; the highest of any