Best players in SR this week
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Does anyone want to post a top NZ eligible team of R1. I will start by nominating DMac, Ratallick and Stevenson for the Chiefs
But too tired now to watch games too closely
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@Winger said in Super Rugby 2023:
Does anyone want to post a top NZ eligible team of R1. I will start by nominating DMac, Ratallick and Stevenson for the Chiefs
But too tired now to watch games too closely
Backs maybe
Stevenson
Reece or Clarke and Telea
Proctor or Reiko
Barrett
DMac
Roigard or WeberSavea
7? Cane or maybe Papalii
Blackadder
Ratallick
?? Unsure. Not Blackwell
Lomax
Aumua,
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Wing of the weekend was Telea, then daylight.
On the left, it’d between Reece (work rate, especially on D) and Clarke.
Ioane at 13 too.
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Stevenson
Telea
Nankivell
Barrett
Rayasi (quiet weekend for thr left wingers)
DMac
Weber
Sotutu
DP
Blackadder
Retallick
Dickson
Lomax
Aumua
De GrootTelea player of the week
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@mariner4life said in Super Rugby 2023:
Stevenson
Telea
Nankivell
Barrett
Rayasi (quiet weekend for thr left wingers)
DMac
Weber
Sotutu
DP
Blackadder
Retallick
Dickson
Lomax
Aumua
De GrootTelea player of the week
I'd add Roigard. Looks like a FAB
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@canefan said in Super Rugby 2023:
@mariner4life said in Super Rugby 2023:
Stevenson
Telea
Nankivell
Barrett
Rayasi (quiet weekend for thr left wingers)
DMac
Weber
Sotutu
DP
Blackadder
Retallick
Dickson
Lomax
Aumua
De GrootTelea player of the week
I'd add Roigard. Looks like a FAB
Fair opinion
I took weber based on the quality of the opposition
Roigard was fucking good.
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@mariner4life said in Best players in SR this week:
Blackadder
Dumb yellow card which cost his team massively. I can see why a Chiefs fan would pick him though
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@Duluth said in Best players in SR this week:
@mariner4life said in Best players in SR this week:
Blackadder
Dumb yellow card which cost his team massively. I can see why a Chiefs fan would pick him though
Akira was playing very well until he went off. But fair point regarding Blackadder. Who instead though.
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@Winger said in Best players in SR this week:
@Duluth said in Best players in SR this week:
@mariner4life said in Best players in SR this week:
Blackadder
Dumb yellow card which cost his team massively. I can see why a Chiefs fan would pick him though
Akira was playing very well until he went off. But fair point regarding Blackadder. Who instead though.
Papali'i played the more than 50mins at 6 this weekend. I would pick him and that makes room for Harmon at 7
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@mariner4life said in Best players in SR this week:
@canefan said in Super Rugby 2023:
@mariner4life said in Super Rugby 2023:
Stevenson
Telea
Nankivell
Barrett
Rayasi (quiet weekend for thr left wingers)
DMac
Weber
Sotutu
DP
Blackadder
Retallick
Dickson
Lomax
Aumua
De GrootTelea player of the week
I'd add Roigard. Looks like a FAB
Fair opinion
I took weber based on the quality of the opposition
Roigard was fucking good.
Weber did his chances no harm
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@canefan Roigard and Weber may have inside running behind Smith for AB's I wonder?
Sevu Reece was v good for Crusaders this weekend and Aiden Ross for Chiefs. Frizzell was huge for Highlanders. -
@ARHS said in Best players in SR this week:
@canefan Roigard and Weber may have inside running behind Smith for AB's I wonder?
Sevu Reece was v good for Crusaders this weekend and Aiden Ross for Chiefs. Frizzell was huge for Highlanders.Smith is still #1
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I thought that Parkinson was better than Dickson for the Highlanders. The latter still gives away some dumb penalties.
I'd pick IWL as the other lock myself.
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Sam Slade good for MP too.
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@Bovidae said in Best players in SR this week:
I thought that Parkinson was better than Dickson for the Highlanders. The latter still gives away some dumb penalties.
I'd pick IWL as the other lock myself.
Didn't IWL give away some dumb penalties too. Otherwise had a good gameq
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Thought Vaa’i was very good and perhaps not as noticed as the attention was on BBBR.
Sadly Akira didn’t use the time off to learn to use his legs to drive in contact. Annoys the hell out of me that Frizell is one of the few tight/loosies that does because Akira is easily better than him in other aspects. As soon as he makes contact he just leans his weight forward and shrugs trying to shake the tacklers off. If only he stayed more balanced and pumped his huge legs…..
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@Crucial it used be his strength.
He has genuinely gotten worse with years of professional coaching
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@muddyriver said in Best players in SR this week:
@Crucial it used be his strength.
He has genuinely gotten worse with years of professional coaching
It’s weird. There’s hardly ever any knee lift. I do vaguely remember when he was younger that he would stride through contact a bit like Ardie. Now he looks like he has been trained by Owen Franks.
Is he too top heavy?
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TJ can't cheat and select Savea at 7.
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Maybe because steamrolling is his standard, but I would have Samisoni at 2, he made some great runs as usual, throwing was slightly off at times but he had a massive impact vs that Crusaders pack. Aumua was great coming on late as an impact and may well be an incredible sub with the new high paced tempo but Sami starts for me.
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@chimoaus his lineout throwing fell apart for a while and it could have cost us
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@mariner4life said in Best players in SR this week:
@chimoaus his lineout throwing fell apart for a while and it could have cost us
Aumua had a not straight as well but yes, was not the best functioning lineout.
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If we naming players from weekend's game, and not naming Abs in anyway. A few that impressed me were Stevenson, Telea
Nankivell did some good stuff,
DMac was fairly good as were both Weber and Roigard.
Ardie,Frizzell and Cane were loosies I noticed doing some good work
BBBR and Vai'i were best of locks, though PT was not bad either
Lomax,Malfeso and Aumua were a front orw unit I enjoyed.
Just my opinion on how I look at games, and see everyone else's points too. I don't even consider AB selection as part of it this early in year. -
If we do a complete team....
Ravutaumada
Telea
L Aumua
J Barrett
Masi
DMac
Roigard
Savea
Papalii
Blackadder
Retallick
Thrush
Nonggorr (only watched first half so...)
Ikanivere
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@Bovidae said in Best players in SR this week:
I thought that Parkinson was better than Dickson for the Highlanders. The latter still gives away some dumb penalties.
I'd pick IWL as the other lock myself.
came in just to say this (little else the highlanders can contribute except maybe ainsley's scrummaging), dickson was prominent as he was often the pillar for the first pod.....but PPP quietly just went around the field grafting, as im mentioned, his one man counter ruck was amazing
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Roigard was good, but not even close to Weber, without even looking at the quality of the opposition.
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Roigard and Weber the best halfbacks of the WE but I like what I saw of Ratima when he came on. He could be a bolter for the ABs as he brings a lot from the bench.
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Did anyone else waste their time watching The Breakdown crew rave about Fakatava's performance? It is amazing how so many people can say so little in so much time.
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@TJ said in Best players in SR this week:
Did anyone else waste their time watching The Breakdown crew rave about Fakatava's performance? It is amazing how so many people can say so little in so much time.
Jealousy will get you nowhere. How's the achilles?
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@TJ said in Best players in SR this week:
Did anyone else waste their time watching The Breakdown crew rave about Fakatava's performance? It is amazing how so many people can say so little in so much time.
To be fair,
He was fucking good for the blues
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Another combined team
5 Blues
5 Chiefs
1 Hurricanes
2 Drua
1 Waratah
1 Force
Super Rugby Pacific Team of the Week: Blues and Chiefs lead the way
Planet Rugby takes a look at the standout performers from the opening round's action in the 2023 Super Rugby Pacific tournament.
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@Winger said in Best players in SR this week:
@Bovidae said in Best players in SR this week:
I thought that Parkinson was better than Dickson for the Highlanders. The latter still gives away some dumb penalties.
I'd pick IWL as the other lock myself.
Didn't IWL give away some dumb penalties too. Otherwise had a good gameq
According to this only 1 penalty (IWL)
But 13 tackles and 4 missed. Too many missed but otherwise Ok stats. Blackwell also was fine based on these stats. Unsure how accurate these stats are though
https://www.espn.com/rugby/playerstats?gameId=596224&league=242041
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@Winger I can't take that team seriously when Sowakula and Laulala are chosen.
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@Bovidae said in Best players in SR this week:
@Winger I can't take that team seriously when Sowakula and Laulala are chosen.
I wasn't going to post this team but at least they (or whoever did it) agree on many of the players discussed. But more love for the Chiefs and Blues and less for the Canes than the other teams that were posted. The sky sport twitter team seems to have disappeared that I though was good (except maybe at HB)
This one above
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As much as we give him stick I would say that TJs TOTW is probably closest to what we would end up with through voting.
I saw a Rugby News one that was shocking. Simply spraying around an even spread to try and keep all supporters happy. -
Here's the rugbypass version
They are looking at Aussies as well, not just NZers
Super Rugby Pacific team of the week for round one
Following every round of Super Rugby Pacific this season, RugbyPass will name its Team of the Week. Here’s the TOTW for Round One.
