All time Super Rugby XV (all teams)
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@Crucial said in All time Super Rugby XV (all teams):
@taniwharugby said in All time Super Rugby XV (all teams):
any backline that doesnt include Rupeni in it, is wrong haha
Shame we never saw more of him, nor did we probably even see the best of him.
I think we saw the best of him. It was just that his best only appeared in short bursts.
That Blues game against the Brumbies back whenever showcased freakiness.
That Crusaders game in '04 also saw him score three fairly freakish tries, although it is most remembered for Carlos' last minute try.
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@Chris-B said in All time Super Rugby XV (all teams):
@Nepia Cully was quite spectacular - but, the Hurricanes were basically rubbish during his era. Made the play-offs twice. So, he's sort of a Sergio Parisse at Super level.
I'm not going to pick him, because he was never there at the business end.
Largely what I was thinking in not selecting him also.
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@Chris-B said in All time Super Rugby XV (all teams):
@shark Pretty sure Dan was overseas in France in 2008. Broke his leg, I think. I think Stephen Brett probably had the tiller in 2008.
Dan Carter was the Crusaders' 10 in the 2008 final:
It was the 2009 season he missed because of a ruptured achilles tendon (not a broken leg) with Perpignan.
He won three titles (2005, 2006 and 2008), also played in 2003, 2004, 2011 and 2014 Grand Finals.
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@shark said in All time Super Rugby XV (all teams):
@Chris-B Thorne was still around in 08, so does that give him seven?! I guess so. Wow. I'd never considered that.
I think Leon must have six medals as a player - and one as a coach.
Razor has four as a player and three as a coach?
Whomever made up the Wiki Super records page has missed listing this important fact. (Probably a Chiefs fan).
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@Chris-B said in All time Super Rugby XV (all teams):
@Nepia Cully was quite spectacular - but, the Hurricanes were basically rubbish during his era. Made the play-offs twice. So, he's sort of a Sergio Parisse at Super level.
I'm not going to pick him, because he was never there at the business end.
That's just selecting your team on who they played for not how they played.
Rangi had an AB pack in front of him and Cully had a mish mash yet Cully managed to score the 5th most tries in Super Rugby and played less games than all 4 try scorers above him on the list. There wasn't much more he could do other than move to Christchurch.
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@Chris-B said in All time Super Rugby XV (all teams):
@Nepia But, the exercise of picking a Super team becomes a bit pointless if you don't get penalised for lack of success or rewarded for having it.
You'll just end up picking the best ever Tri-nations team.
That kind of thinking led to the Cantablacks ....
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@Chris-B said in All time Super Rugby XV (all teams):
@Nepia But, the exercise of picking a Super team becomes a bit pointless if you don't get penalised for lack of success or rewarded for having it.
You'll just end up picking the best ever Tri-nations team.
There's a difference between individual success and team success.