The 2011 Rugby World Cup kicks off in New Zealand on Friday and players from all over the world have started arriving in Auckland.
Teams from 20 countries – including Australia, England, New Zealand, South Africa, Scotland, Ireland, Wales and the US – will fight for a place in the final, which will take place on October 23.
While the men in your life obsess over the Wallabies’ chances of a win, we’ve chosen to focus on more important things – like the muscle-bound bodies of some of the competitors.
Here are our favourite World Cup hunks.
Wallabies centre Digby Ioane.
All Blacks fly-half Dan Carter in his Jockey ad campaign.
Australian fly-half Quade Cooper.
Australian scrum-half Will Genia.
Wallabies fullback Adam Ashley-Cooper.
Former Rugby League star turned All Black Sonny Bill Williams.
Wallabies centre Berrick Barnes.
All Blacks captain Richie McCaw.
Wallabies fullback Kurtley Beale.
Australian flanker David Pocock.
Wallabies centre Pat McCabe.
Wallabies prop Sekope Kepu.
Wallabies winger James O’Connor.
Ok, so England captain Mike Tindall isn’t a hunk, but he is royalty!
