@booboo said in 14. 2022 RIGHT WINGER:

@dogmeat said in 14. 2022 RIGHT WINGER:

@booboo yes

Happy with that. I'll try and remember for next year ...

I just realised. Was unintentional.

@MiketheSnow

I think he’d take one of those comparisons and shudder at the other.

So would I!

@Mackerzzzz said in 9. 2022 HALFBACK:

@booboo said in 9. 2022 HALFBACK:

Surname First Name Country Pros Cons DUPONT Antoine FRA Integral to the way France play. Leads by example. One of the great halfbacks of all time. GIBSON-PARK Jamison IRE Integral to Ireland playing the game to beat all comers. Best player in the world.

Eh? Gibson-park is the best player in the world is he?

Typo. Meant to go under Dupont. See Sparky's post. Consider it amended.

@sparky said in 9. 2022 HALFBACK:

Antonie Dupont - Best player in the world. Onw fo the great halfbacks of all time.

Van de Flier. If the Lions had benn touring this year, he’d be one of the first names on the list. Papalii loos good and added some balance in the NZ back row but too small a sample size.

Fickou is the glue in the midfield of a very good French side. Am I think has the greater skill set but has been injured. Ioane a very skilful athletic player but being shoe-horned into an inconsistent NZ side. Should be on the wing, though I could be proved wrong there in the future. Not this year though.

Koreibeti. Without him Aus are half the side. I’d love to see him playing in a consistently fully firing Aus team. As it is he is more often than not the point of difference between Aus being pretty ordinary and being competitive.

Have gone Aldritt as a better No8. If the vote was “who is the better all round rugby player “ the. It would have been Savea.

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Surname First Name Country Pros Cons CROWLEY Kieran ITA Big wins this year. Playing with panache. FARRELL Andrew IRE Won first ever test and series in NZ. GALTHIE Fabien FRA Won every test. Playing brilliant rugby. . MAISASHVILI Levan GEO Made massive leaps forward. Beat Wales. RENNIE David AUS Beat South Africa. Beat England. Beat Argentina away. Should have beaten NZ but for an all time brain explosion. Beat Scotland. Hammered Wales. Came within a whisker of beating both Ireland and France. All while dealing with availability crisis. Done a good job, and set the Wallabies well for the RWC (sans injury). Lost to Italy. Worst ever loss to Argentina. Only won 5 from 15. Most ill-disciplined team in world rugby. SMITH Wayne NZL Proved his genius yet again, this time as the head of the coaching team, against the odds

Like Marchand, love Sami Taukei'aho so Super Sami got my vote. Arguably the All Blacks best performer in 2022.

I voted for Genge, England's best performer in 2022.

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Surname First Name Country Pros Cons BARRETT Jordan NZL not bettered by opponent when playing 12. Convincingly better than other NZ options. Small sample size DANTY Jonathan FRA Absolute beast. De ALLENDE Damien RSA Suits South Africa. Better than given credit for. So solid. Rarely makes mistakes. Great bale out option. Always makes ground. Adequate distribution. Good defensively. Would be worthy winner. Nobody better. Limited. “Adequate” distribution. Not a great playmaker. Needs more pace. “By default.” HENSHAW Robbie IRE Effective against NZ. Moved from 12. Quality of opposite in games against NZ questioned. Seems his actual name may be Robbie. KEREVI Samu AUS Impossible to argue against. The best. Not been standout this year.

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Surname First Name Country Pros Cons NTAMACK Romain FRA Oozes class. This year’s Dan Carter. outstanding during the Six Nations Meh in November RUSSELL Finn SCO Fun to watch. Not always selected. This year’s Carlos Spencer. SEXTON Jonathon IRE Hateable. Can control a game. Effective running game. Key to Ireland who are really good. Complete player and physical. One of the smartest players in the world. Great boot, good defence, clever in attack. Hateable. Moaning, whinging diver. 37yo called Johnny.

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Surname First Name Country Pros Cons GONZALEZ Juan Martin ARG Young, dynamic and hard as nails LAWES Courtney ENG Everything expected from a blindside flanker : brute strength, lineout option, defence, work rate and mongrel. England struggled without him during the November tour. Is why Barrett plays 6. Missed a large chunk of the season OLLIVON Charles FRA Big impact in return to team. Current form player

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Surname First Name Country Pros Cons BEIRNE Tadgh IRE Outstanding in every outing. “No other locks come close”(refer Etzebeth). Hard as nails. Good ball player too. ETZEBETH Eben RSA Outstanding in every outing. “No other locks come close” (refer Beirne). ”Best in the world” ITOJE Maro ENG Level of play and consistency make him a strong contender. Massive talent. Skill. Not so theatrical at club level. JONES Alun Wyn WAL legend. Not his best season and at the end of his career. Not been that flash. WHITELOCK SAmuel NZL Outstanding at lineout. Empties the tank WOKI Cameron FRA Can adjust to game plan ”Comes close”

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Surname First Name Country Pros Cons ATONIO Uini FRA Massive unit. Strong as they come. FURLONG Tadhg IRE A Welshman says he is without peer at TH. Most skillful prop you'll see for many a year LOMAX Tyrel NZL Very good scrummager. Big work rate. Most improved player in the NZ squad. Got a bit of mongrel as well. The current AB scrum is one of the best I've seen and Lomax a key part of that. Came from absolutely nowhere. Amazing how much he has improved this year. Went from a big bloke who had trouble scrummaging to holding his own against every Test prop he's come up against. Mobile, powerful. MALHERBE Franz RSA most experienced player for the Stormers. Showed some form against England No ringing endorsement for this year’s form

@nepia said in 4. 5. 2021 Lock:

Come on Cantabs, vote for your boy Sam so we can bump out Itoje of the hype.

(Is campaigning this close to the election allowed?)

Depends on the value of bribe administration fee ...

Looking at that table Fozzie should walk this. Won the meaningful competition his team was in and emphatically retained the premier trophy (outside of the Shield) that we care about. 😏

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Surname First Name Country Pros Cons IOANE Rieko NZL Amazing attacking player; best winger in the world; always beats his man; does not make blunders abrasive personality; played lots of 13 and not so much 11 IOANE Monty ITA brilliant in a poor Italian team KOROIBETE Marika AUS Fast; hard as nails; kills Frenchmen; best pick n go of any winger in the game; Not George Bridge Not George Bridge LOWE James IRE Played well v ABs Played well v ABs MAPIMPI Makazole SAF quality for Boks all year REES-ZAMMITT] Louis WAL]Lots of skill; Lots of gas;Can play on either wing Van De MERWE Duhan SCO huge, fast, skilful and aggressive; nine tries in 13 games; played well for the Lions

@majorrage may have been an auticorrect I missed

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Surname First Name Country Pros Cons BARRETT Jordan NZL strong on the carry; zen with the boot; very good all year; came of age this season; rock solid especially under the high ball Red v Aus; France game HOGG Stuart SCO broke Scottish try scoring record; dangerous with ball in hand; great in 6N played some average games KELLAWAY Andrew AUS barely put a foot wrong; very important to Wallaby back three; Not Tom Banks

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Surname First Name Country Pros Cons JORDAN William NZL 15 tries in 11 tests; WR Breakthrough player of the year; was brilliant and looked dangerous every time he touched the ball; Scored great tries; No other serious contenders a couple of games where he wasn't that great KELLAWAY Andrew AUS 5 tries in 8 tests; solid under high ball; defensively sound; made several quality players look amatuer REECE-ZAMMIT Louis WAL was brilliant and looked dangerous every time he touched the ball; Scored great tries; No other serious contenders

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Surname First Name Country Pros Cons AM Lukanyo SAF WR Dream Team; high points impressive BASSTAREAUD Mathieu FRA Big HARRIS Chris SCO Made Lions ”made team” is best recommendation HENSHAW Robbie IRE played well at both 12 & 13 IOANE Rieko NZL most threatening on attack LIENERT-BROWN Anton NZL so solid and dependable at 13 SLADE Henry ENG played well for England; good nomination given lack of choice lack of choice

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Surname First Name Country Pros Cons AKI Bundee IRE Messed up the ABs De ALLENDE Damien SAF just class KEREVI Samu AUS no one else is even close; hits hard in tackles;real hard to stop in attack; tore the Saffer’s vaunted midfield apart; Wallabies are a completely different team when he plays; no player more important to any international team at the moment; as the main reason why Australia won against South Africa; His return was decisive for the Aussies

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Surname First Name Country Pros Cons BARRETT Beauden NZL Played well in underperforming team; better than Mo’unga better than Mo’unga COOPER Quade AUS Calm, controlled, smart; keeps the ball in front of his team; picks his passes, kicks from hand well, even does physical things like take the line on, make tackles, and hit rucks; kicks his goals; remarkable late career turnaround Quade Cooper NTAMACK Romaine FRA turned AB match with escape from in-goal; has skills to run team; stand out in current crop;great against ABs not a standout current crop; only 1.5games in 6N; France lost the one game he started in 6N RUSSELL Finn SCO Has time on his hands with the ball like only the truly great do; SMITH Marcus ENG joy to watch; anti ten man rugby fly half; steered the foundering ship that was Harlequins to the Premiership title; made his England debut; got a Lions call up; has cemented his place at 10 for England Only played two tests; too early for Smith;nominator would vote for Ntamack

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Surname First Name Country Pros Cons Du KLERK Francois SAF better kicker than Smith Only a better kicker than Smith DUPONT Antoine FRA ”all time great”; currently best player in world (i.e., WR WPOY) McDERMOTT Tate AUS Aus a better team when he plays SMITH Aaron NZL Best pass in the business; Huge engine for a little fella; best all round 9 not available for much of season WHITE Nic AUS Better than McDermott Not Smith or Dupont; Ugly Mo; angry Aussie

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Surname First Name Country Pros Cons ALDRITT Gregory FRA hard & uncompromising SAVEA Ardie NZL not cool not to like him; keeps adding to his game; good with ball in hand after contact; big performances in Black; fits NZ’s current game plan a bit lightweight to be 8; fits NZ’s current game plan VERMEULEN Duane DAF a beast; selected in a heartbeat

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Surname First Name Country Pros Cons CURRY Tom ENG nearly as good as Hoopah! didn’t play enough openside HOOPER Michael AUS The little engine that could; breakdown menace, carts the ball up, makes a million tackles; The most important player to his team in World Rugby; The player everyone else seems to think Ardie Savea is; back to best this year; was outstanding in every appearance; consistently led from the front; a true leader; consistently bloody good all year; 'energiser bunny'; no bad perfromances ugly PAPALII Dalton NZL Improved a lot in the last couple of years; hard worker; latest in a long line of superb NZ 7s SAVEA Ardie NZL Rocked at 7 not Hoopah!; didn’t play a lot at 7

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Surname First Name Country Pros Cons CURRY Tom ENG has game often used as a Nr.8 IOANE Akira NZL great early season form; blew hot blew cold KOLISI Siya SAF superb with ball in hand, has eventually lived up to hype; back to his best during November tour; very good against the Lions a bit Meh during the RC

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