MOTM v England
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Pick your 3
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damn, it jumped them all out of order...
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BBBR, Whitelock, Ardie, in no particular order.
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Brodie DMac and Savea
But a host of honorable mentions in Smith Whitelock Read Crotty. Pretty much everyone bar 9 and 12
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Thought that I might have been going against the general consensus given that BBBR is always great, but I watched Whitelock really closely to see if he had fallen off form as much as been mentioned (for whatever reason). He was really good. Others obviously noticed too.
Ardie great again.
Crotty. When he is actually on the field, and not the infirmary, he is pretty bloody reliable. -
Crotty showed his experience in the wet too. Ran hard and straight and took some great lines. On reflection I think that is where SBW has fallen down in the last 12-18 months. He's looking for a single touch to make an offload or a grubber, and isn't bending or breaking the line like he used too. Still did well on D imo while he was on, early on in the game we were getting dealt to with their kicking and width of attack.
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My thoughts on who definitely was not MOTM here:
https://www.thesilverfern.com/2018/11/11/phew-abs-escape-on-armistice-day/
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Savea, Whitelock, B. Barrett
Tu’inukuafe, Retallick and Crotty next best.