Six Nations Greatest: Sam Warburton and Danny Care pick the best captains

What makes a good captain? And who is the best captain to have graced the Six Nations?

Former Wales skipper Sam Warburton and ex-England scrum-half Danny Care join forces to discuss the Six Nations' best captains in the first episode of a new podcast: Six Nations Greatest.

Warburton led Wales to two Six Nations titles and believes captaincy goes way deeper than just playing on the pitch.

«It is the most important part but it is about 1% of what's involved,» he said. «People don't see how captains drive standards off the pitch, lead meetings, the training sessions, the culture, and what they bring out of other players.»

Warburton and Care have chosen their top six to have led sides since the Six Nations started in 2000 — with the Welshman somewhat reluctantly having to talk about his own place in the list.

See if you agree with them and pick your favourite at the bottom of this page.

Six Nations games as captain: Won 11; Lost 3; Win % 78.6

Captaincy highlights: Named captain at the start of Eddie Jones' reign, Hartley led England to a Grand Slam in 2016 and a championship the following year as England went on a record-equalling unbeaten run lasting 18 matches.

Care: If we'd have won back-to-back slams in 2016 and 2017 he would have rocketed right up the list. He was also only captain for three campaigns but for me he was a brilliant captain and one of the reasons why we went on that long unbeaten run. The work he did off-the-field and the example he set by working so hard was a great example of leadership.

Warburton: Every player I've spoken to who had him as a captain at Northampton or England, they all speak very highly of him. He really seemed to embrace the off-field side of captaincy and would go over and beyond to sort