Dan Carter and Mike Phillips spar for Sexiest Man title

Dan Carter and Mike Phillips spar for sexiest man title. / Photos Jockey/Mike Phillips

They are both heartthrob rugby players and members of French Racing 92, but teammates Mike Phillips, 33, from Wales and Dan Carter, 33, from New Zealand are not above a little healthy ribbing - especially when it comes to who is best looking.

Phillips - signed to a leading European model agency and who once declared himself the “world's best looking scrum half” - shares quite the spark with Carter. On and off the field.

The pair, who are in Hong Kong ahead of their Racing 92 match against the Kiwi Highlanders team on Saturday, took to Twitter today to share the spark.

Phillips, named by Carter’s hometown newspaper in 2011 as the “sexiest man in the 2011 World Cup,” reminded his teammate of the accolade.