The Crusaders recently conducted a public vote for fans to have their say on the team\u2019s Legends XV and the process has concluded with the line-up now named.<\/p>\n
After weeks of voting the team is complete and it\u2019s been confirmed that over 12,000 entries and 27,523 individual votes were cast from 26 countries around the world.<\/p>\n
In terms of territories, the Crusaders<\/a> confirmed that New Zealand<\/a>, Australia, Fiji, France and Japan led the way, but that every single vote helped to shape the line-up.<\/p>\n Richie McCaw topped the list<\/p>\n The Super Rugby Pacific<\/a> outfit also revealed who received the most votes across the process and it might come as no surprise that was All Blacks legend Richie McCaw.<\/p>\n McCaw amassed 2,455 votes while his back-row colleague for many a year, Kieran Read, was next on the list with 2,039 and fly-half great Dan Carter was third (1,946).<\/p>\n Former New Zealand scrum-half and now well respected pundit Justin Marshall came in fourth with 1,884 while current wing Sevu Reece took fifth position on 1,856.<\/p>\n Who\u2019s hot and who\u2019s not: Italy \u2018get the pulse racing\u2019, Ireland\u2019s \u2018kick in the goolies\u2019 and the latest \u2018damaging\u2019 Scott Robertson stories<\/a><\/p>\n The Scott Robertson clause which should have Scotland on high alert amid Gregor Townsend doubts<\/a><\/p>\n Joining Marshall, Carter and Reece in the backline is Ryan Crotty and Jack Goodhue, who make up the centres, while Caleb Ralph and Will Jordan are in the back three.<\/p>\n Up front it\u2019s Wyatt Crockett and Owen Franks as the props either side of hooker Codie Taylor while Sam Whitelock and Brad Thorn form a formidable lock partnership.<\/p>\n Last but by no means least, former captain Reuben Thorne was voted as blindside flanker and joins fellow Crusaders legends McCaw and Read in a strong back-row.<\/p>\n