2018 Mitre 10 Cup Form XV

[Tim]

The regular season is over, so who were your form players of the year?

Some picks to start

2 - Abel
3 - Renata
5 - Whetton
7 - Papali'i
10 - Plummer
11 - Rayasi
12 - Faiane
13 - Manu

[Chris B.]

@tim
1 Crockett
2 Makalio
3 Lomax
4 Strange
5 Parkinson
6 Blackadder

10 Hunt
12 Havili
13 Aumua
15 Jordan

There's a lot from Ta$man, but all those guys have been good.

Edit - doesn't seem to want to let me number them properly.

Edit 2 - that's got it!

[Tim]

@chris-b Take out the dots to stop it from numbering a list.

[Tim]

@chris-b I wouldn't be surprised to see about 10 players between Auckland and Ta$man.

[Chris B.]

@tim You and I are the judging panel aren't we?

I'll nominate Akira as well - almost anyone who played in the Ta$man 8 jersey is in hospital!

[cgrant]

From a neutral point of view :

Crockett
Makalio
Lomax
Romano
Parkinson
Olmstead
Papali'i
Ben Nicholas
Weber
Plummer / Hunt / Smith
Rayasi
Havili
Ennor
Tuitama
Jordan

[Canes4life]

@cgrant This is pretty spot on with what I've watched aswell.

[KiwiMurph]

I think that's pretty good except I wouldnt have Ennor at 13 - he's gone missing against the big teams.

[Crazy Horse]

Jeez, Akira can't even make this team!

Edit - apart from ChrisB's

[Dice]

I didn't go overboard with this...

I went a bit NBA style with it.

Mitre 10 Cup 1st XV

15 - Will Jordan
14 - Melani Nanai
13 - Tumua Manu
12 - TJ Faiane
11 - Sevu Reece
10 - Mitch Hunt
9 - Brad Weber
8 - Akira Ioane
7 - Dalton Papali'i
6 - Ethan Blackadder
5 - Luke Romano
4 - Jack Whetton
3 - Tyrel Lomax
2 - Samisoni Takei'aho
1 - Wyatt Crockett

Mitre 10 Cup 2nd XV

15 - Shaun Stevenson
14 - Malo Tuitama
13 - Quinn Tupaea
12 - Dwayne Sweeney
11 - Salesi Rayasi
10 - Harry Plummer
9 - Jonathan Ruru
8 - Teariki Ben-Nicholas
7 - Mitch Jacobson
6 - Tom Robinson
5 - James Blackwell
4 - James Tucker
3 - Marcel Renata
2 - Andrew Makalio
1 - Reuben O'Neill

Mitre 10 Cup 3rd XV

15 - George Bridge
14 - Jonah Lowe
13 - Matt Faddes
12 - David Havili
11 - Jona Nareki
10 - Fletcher Smith
9 - Finlay Christie
8 - Marino Mikaele-Tuu
7 - Dillon Hunt
6 - Mitchell Crosswell
5 - Pari Pari Parkinson
4 - Gerard Cowley-Tuioti
3 - Sione Mafileo
2 - Robbie Abel
1 - Sam Prattley

Player of the Year - Luke Romano
Defensive Player of the Year - Dalton Papali'i
Attacking Player of the Year - Sevu Reece
Rookie of the Year - Quinn Tupaea
Captain of the Year - TJ Faiane
Coach of the Year - Alama Ieremia

Plenty of decent players missed out, but many of them could easily be in there though. Was pretty tough to decide who to leave out. You could make a fairly decent 4th XV.

[cgrant]

So you rate James Blackwell higher than Pari Pari Parkinson.

[chchfanatic]

@dice haha 2 Canterbury players in your 3 teams , yet we’ll still win the Comp.

[Dice]

@cgrant As a prospect, no, but on form, yes. Never rated Blackwell before this season, but he's been close to Wellington's best this year. Not much between the two, but Blackwell's play has popped out to me more regularly than Parkinson's play has.

[Dice]

@chchfanatic said in 2018 Mitre 10 Cup Form XV:

@dice haha 2 Canterbury players in your 3 teams , yet we’ll still win the Comp.

Canterbury's a bit of a funny one, because they're obviously a top 3 team, but they don't have many players who are the top 3 form players in their position.

[chchfanatic]

@dice they’ve had so many injuries. So not many players have played consistently. Only really Romano , bridge and Drummond. To be fair I think any of the top 4 can win it. I’m going for 2 upsets. Wellington over Auckland and Canterbury over Ta$man

[Bones]

@chchfanatic and did wellington get two players in the top XVs?

[chchfanatic]

@bones I don’t watch Wellington so have no idea who plays for them. I couldn’t go thru those teams and name what union they play for. I’ve lost interest in a lot of rugby at the moment.

[Machpants]

Attacking player of the year, very apt.

[taniwharugby]

@machpants someone had to say it.

[African Monkey]

@chchfanatic Says more about the standard of the comp tbh. That Canterbury team is shit but are still somehow there. Having Romano there has made a huge difference to an average side.