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2010-2020 - The Decade's XV by position

 Below is a list of the fifteen players who made more league starts in a single position than anyone else. Taken using all league fixtures from the 1st Jan 2010 until the 31st Dec 2020 - including all playoff semi finals and finals. 1 – Loosehead Prop Joe Marler – Harlequins – 125 The England international leads the loosehead prop category in terms of starts for both his side and the entire league. He featured in a handful of games off the bench before making his first start of the decade in a convincing win over the Chiefs in the 10/11 season. Across a hundred and twenty-five starts plus appearances off the bench Marler scored seven times. His most important came late on in the 11/12 playoff semi final against the Northampton Saints. With the clock ticking down Quins piled into a near fifteen-man maul to push over for a match-winning score, Marler was at the bottom. Two weeks later he featured again as the London club won their first Premiership title beating rivals Leices