WHEN COMPILING A list of the top rugby stars that have hung up their boots, it was hard to look beyond two players that gave so much to their provinces.
At the tender age of 31, Leinster’s Isa Nacewa returned to New Zealand while Munster and Ireland legend Ronan O’Gara kicked the last of his 2,560 career points against Clermont in April.
Here’s 12 players, including the interprovincial rivals, that called it a day in 2013: