7. 2021 Open Side Flanker
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Who was the best Open Side.
Note to Ferners from the southern parts of Africa: this is the open side flanker, please make allowance for your messed up system of playing a 6 in 7, and 7 in 6, because you're all at 6s and 7s, and nominate PSDT in the Blind Side thread.
Please nominate, and say why.Refer rules in Sports Talk forum.
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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 -
Michael Hooper
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
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Yeah I think Hooper shades it for me, much as I dislike the ugly fucker. Curry is close IMO and I know that may raise a few eyebrows, but he was very important for both England and the Lions. It might have helped his case a bit more if Eddie had consistently picked him at 7.
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Dalton Papali'i - Improved a lot in the last couple of years, one of life's hard worker, latest in a long line of superb NZ 7s.
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Ardie rocked in 7, add him here too
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Hooper.
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@booboo
Hooper was back to his best this year and was outstanding in each of his appearances. Consistently led from the front. A true leader. -
I would have to say Hooper, consistently bloody good all year. The best example of the 'energiser bunny' in test rugby this year. Didn't put in a poor perfromance that I saw.
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Nominations closed.
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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
