LUKE ROMANO

AGE ............. 31 HEIGHT...... 1.99m WEIGHT .... 119kg CAPS .......... 26 Now that he’s 31, Romano will pick up the dreaded veteran tag. But he should see that as a good thing as it reflects his experience and how well he has been using it of late.

He’s a tight lock – a powerful man who carries hard and straight and yet has the ability to o oad and deceive with his skills.

Solid option at the front of the lineout and a rock steady scrummager, his key strengths are smashing hard yards and doing the donkey work. The perfect sort of player to bring on for 25 minutes in a tight game when fatigue has set in.