**The votes are in and the Guinness PRO14 Ultimate XV has been decided but what about those players who got so near to a place in the coveted XV, only to fall just short?** As a reminder, all 143 players who had made a Guinness PRO14 yearly Dream Team since 2006 were eligible for selection for our Ultimate XV, with fans voting on who was most deserving at each position. Most votes = a place in the team. Some positions were hotly-contested, while others saw a runaway winner but as a bit of fun, we decided to compare our Ultimate XV with a team made up of players who came second in the voting for each jersey – dubbed the ‘So Close XV’. It would certainly make for a tasty match-up and as you’ll see below, some of the head-to-head positional battles would be fascinating.
