Scrum of the Earth /

OK, so he might not be able to set himself alight (unless he's playing with those extra large kitchen matches) but Tom Rees lit up the Guinness Premiership with a series of outstanding performances at the back end of last season.

The ferocious London Wasps and England flanker lives and breathes rugby. Courageous, strong and intelligent, Rees possesses the mental and physical abilities to vaporize the punishing pain of bruising tackles from the biggest superheroes in rugby.

Endless supplies of energy enable him to stay aflame longer than most back-row forwards and once he's at his peak temperature, Rees almost flies from breakdown to breakdown such is his pace.

A potential British Lions and England skipper of the future, even in torrential conditions Rees' powers cannot be extinguished.