They are legends of the game, none more so than than the man who isn't there - Jonah Lomu.
Left out of the All Blacks for the World Cup, Lomu is still towering over Sydney in the form of a giant image projected onto a high-rise tower.
Lomu and other stars suchas Australian winger David Campese are part of a stunning light show stretching above the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
In Lomu's case, his intimidating frame stands 90m tall and 13m wide. His bulk, which shook the grass from the fields in the 1995 Rugby World Cup, now faces drivers on the Cahill Expressway as they pass within sight of his enormous right knee.
His run follows former Australian winger David Campese selling one of his great feints, glancing back at pursuers as he prepares to disappear across city rooftops.
The images of rugby heroes are the largest to ever look down over Sydney. They appeared from last night on the side of the 26-floor AMP building at Circular Quay.
Four light projectors, with a combined power of 80,000W, are needed to show the repeating 14-minute slideshow of the 20 nations in this year's World Cup.
The photographs were chosen by Australian Rugby Union archivist Judy Macarthur from hundreds of World Cup images.
"I think all these images capture everything rugby represents: the flair, the colour, the passion, the courage," she said.
Ms Macarthur was yesterday choosing a second set of images to show from November 19. These will feature players from Australia, New Zealand, England and France - the teams in this weekend's semifinals.
The final photograph projected on the evening of November 23 will be of the winning captain holding aloft the William Webb Ellis trophy.
