2. Ruan Pienaar

AGE ON ARRIVAL IN 2008: 26 SEVEN SEASONS 130+10 APPEARANCES

The silky smooth scrum-half may never have delivered Ulster a trophy but he departed yesterday with the club firmly in his heart, his purist play of a calibre that was treasured. He kept playing for South Africa while at Ulster without standards dropping and he stayed loyal when courted by moneybags Toulon.