Best players in SR this week
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@Canes4life said in Best players in SR this week:
Best players of the round per NZ team for me this week were:
Blues: Dalton Papali’i
Chiefs: Damian McKenzie
Hurricanes: Cam Roigard
Crusaders: David Havili
Highlanders: Josh TimuThought Sotutu put in a good game for the Blues but not sure any of that team make a Best in Round nomination.
Haven’t watched all of all the games but these players stood out to me
SRP (NZ teams)
DMac
Stevenson
Whitelock
RoigardSR Aupiki
Willison
Connor
Roos
McMenimen
Holmes
Murray@Crucial well in Aus and haven't seen Aupiki, but from what I have seen pretty well agree, not sure anyone from Blues, they were beaten in forwards, especially at breakdowns, and noone from backs really looked that good. Good to see a few players backing up good first up games, DMac, Roigard and Stevenson spring to mind.
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Missed all the rugby this week. But the breakdown between teams is
5 Crusaders
8 Chiefs
1 Highlander and Hurricane -
Missed all the rugby this week. But the breakdown between teams is
5 Crusaders
8 Chiefs
1 Highlander and Hurricane@Winger said in Best players in SR this week:
Missed all the rugby this week. But the breakdown between teams is
5 Crusaders
8 Chiefs
1 Highlander and HurricaneArdie would have been a shoe in if it wasn’t for his brain fart. Completely dominant in that opening stanza with two tries. Roigard unlucky to miss out to an inform Brad Weber.
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@Winger said in Best players in SR this week:
Missed all the rugby this week. But the breakdown between teams is
5 Crusaders
8 Chiefs
1 Highlander and HurricaneArdie would have been a shoe in if it wasn’t for his brain fart. Completely dominant in that opening stanza with two tries. Roigard unlucky to miss out to an inform Brad Weber.
@Canes4life said in Best players in SR this week:
@Winger said in Best players in SR this week:
Missed all the rugby this week. But the breakdown between teams is
5 Crusaders
8 Chiefs
1 Highlander and HurricaneArdie would have been a shoe in if it wasn’t for his brain fart. Completely dominant in that opening stanza with two tries. Roigard unlucky to miss out to an inform Brad Weber.
Ardie really went off the boil after that as well. Managed through the rest of the game but seemed to hold back a touch.
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Missed all the rugby this week. But the breakdown between teams is
5 Crusaders
8 Chiefs
1 Highlander and Hurricane@Winger said in Best players in SR this week:
Missed all the rugby this week. But the breakdown between teams is
5 Crusaders
8 Chiefs
1 Highlander and HurricaneIWL better than Vai'i IMO. Early times but Rayasi is very impressive this year. No brain farts so far.
I would give the best right wing nomination to Telea who was very good once again. -
@Winger said in Best players in SR this week:
Missed all the rugby this week. But the breakdown between teams is
5 Crusaders
8 Chiefs
1 Highlander and HurricaneIWL better than Vai'i IMO. Early times but Rayasi is very impressive this year. No brain farts so far.
I would give the best right wing nomination to Telea who was very good once again.@cgrant said in Best players in SR this week:
@Winger said in Best players in SR this week:
Missed all the rugby this week. But the breakdown between teams is
5 Crusaders
8 Chiefs
1 Highlander and HurricaneIWL better than Vai'i IMO. Early times but Rayasi is very impressive this year. No brain farts so far.
I would give the best right wing nomination to Telea who was very good once again.Telea was unemployed. Hardly featured in the match.
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Stuff's team of the week
Crusaders 6
Blues 2
Hurricanes 3
Chiefs 3
Highl;anders 1Roigard from the Canes was a must pick this week. Jordie misses out and fair enough as he made the final scoring pass for the Waratahs. But otherwise he had a good game. Proctor was also VG but not a glamour player. But has stepped up this year after a VG NPC last year. Numia is also playing much better this year than last years SRP
Still to see the 2nd half of the Blues Crusaders game
In total, six Crusaders feature in Stuff’s team of the week.Fainga'anuku would be the power winger option instead of Caleb Clarke.
Fainga'anuku’s tryscoring feats on Saturday – especially his effort when he swatted off Roger Tuivasa-Sheck and then outpaced him – were made all the more meritorious because he revealed afterwards that he was carrying a rib cartilage injury.
It was a personal win for the Crusaders No 11 on Saturday, while Richie Mo’unga and Dallas McLeod also got one over Beauden Barrett and Tuivasa-Sheck.
Still to see the 2nd half of the Blues Crusaders game
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Article on Roigard. Compared to Cowan
https://www.rugbypass.com/news/the-former-all-black-halfback-that-cam-roigard-is-drawing-comparisons-with/and Blackadder makes another team of the week. Stevenson misses out though in this team
https://www.rugbypass.com/news/super-rugby-pacific-team-of-the-week-for-round-four/
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@cgrant said in Best players in SR this week:
Oh, and best NZ second five was Stacey Ili.
He’s on fire for the Rebels.
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interesting to compare to rugbypass, i thought TUJ was a huge presence for us when it came to front foot ball, hunt could shovel the ball on and generally not loose ground
@Kiwiwomble said in Best players in SR this week:
interesting to compare to rugbypass, i thought TUJ was a huge presence for us when it came to front foot ball, hunt could shovel the ball on and generally not loose ground
Burke at 15? Surely someone was better than him. The best I can say about him on the weekend was that I don't recall any major blunders.
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@Kiwiwomble said in Best players in SR this week:
interesting to compare to rugbypass, i thought TUJ was a huge presence for us when it came to front foot ball, hunt could shovel the ball on and generally not loose ground
Burke at 15? Surely someone was better than him. The best I can say about him on the weekend was that I don't recall any major blunders.
@Crazy-Horse to be clear....i didn't pick it
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A bit off topic but what would be your form team so far (eligible NZ players only) ?
Mine :
De Groot
Taukei'aho
Lomax
Retallick
?
Finau
Papali'i
Sotutu
Weber/Roigard
MacKenzie
Fainganu'uku
T. Umaga Jensen
Aumua
Narawa/Telea
StephensonI could not find a lock to partner BBBR : Whitelock has been sidelined for weeks and Vai'i goes missing sometimes. It's the same with PPP. Maybe the most constant in his performances is Cameron Suafua but he is not a standout either. Bird has been good in his outings but he is not even considered as a starter at the Canes. So who ? Gardiner (he's just a stop gap in the Crusaders team as he is more a 6 than a lock) ? Barrett (pretty anonymous so far) ?
I could not make a choice between Roigard and Weber. The latter is slightly in front because of a bad Roigard's performance from the bench. The same for Telea and Narawa. Both have been outstanding so far. -
A bit off topic but what would be your form team so far (eligible NZ players only) ?
Mine :
De Groot
Taukei'aho
Lomax
Retallick
?
Finau
Papali'i
Sotutu
Weber/Roigard
MacKenzie
Fainganu'uku
T. Umaga Jensen
Aumua
Narawa/Telea
StephensonI could not find a lock to partner BBBR : Whitelock has been sidelined for weeks and Vai'i goes missing sometimes. It's the same with PPP. Maybe the most constant in his performances is Cameron Suafua but he is not a standout either. Bird has been good in his outings but he is not even considered as a starter at the Canes. So who ? Gardiner (he's just a stop gap in the Crusaders team as he is more a 6 than a lock) ? Barrett (pretty anonymous so far) ?
I could not make a choice between Roigard and Weber. The latter is slightly in front because of a bad Roigard's performance from the bench. The same for Telea and Narawa. Both have been outstanding so far.@cgrant said in Best players in SR this week:
A bit off topic but what would be your form team so far (eligible NZ players only) ?
Mine :
De Groot
Taukei'aho
Lomax
Retallick
?
Finau
Papali'i
Sotutu
Weber/Roigard
MacKenzie
Fainganu'uku
T. Umaga Jensen
Aumua
Narawa/Telea
StephensonI could not find a lock to partner BBBR : Whitelock has been sidelined for weeks and Vai'i goes missing sometimes. It's the same with PPP. Maybe the most constant in his performances is Cameron Suafua but he is not a standout either. Bird has been good in his outings but he is not even considered as a starter at the Canes. So who ? Gardiner (he's just a stop gap in the Crusaders team as he is more a 6 than a lock) ? Barrett (pretty anonymous so far) ?
I could not make a choice between Roigard and Weber. The latter is slightly in front because of a bad Roigard's performance from the bench. The same for Telea and Narawa. Both have been outstanding so far.Solid team, but I’d have Proctor over Aumua. Proctor has been exceptional and was sorely missed against the Chiefs on Saturday.
Also when he was fit, Blackadder was playing the house down so maybe he deserves a mention.
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A bit off topic but what would be your form team so far (eligible NZ players only) ?
Mine :
De Groot
Taukei'aho
Lomax
Retallick
?
Finau
Papali'i
Sotutu
Weber/Roigard
MacKenzie
Fainganu'uku
T. Umaga Jensen
Aumua
Narawa/Telea
StephensonI could not find a lock to partner BBBR : Whitelock has been sidelined for weeks and Vai'i goes missing sometimes. It's the same with PPP. Maybe the most constant in his performances is Cameron Suafua but he is not a standout either. Bird has been good in his outings but he is not even considered as a starter at the Canes. So who ? Gardiner (he's just a stop gap in the Crusaders team as he is more a 6 than a lock) ? Barrett (pretty anonymous so far) ?
I could not make a choice between Roigard and Weber. The latter is slightly in front because of a bad Roigard's performance from the bench. The same for Telea and Narawa. Both have been outstanding so far.@cgrant said in Best players in SR this week:
A bit off topic but what would be your form team so far (eligible NZ players only) ?
Mine :
De Groot
Taukei'aho
Lomax
Retallick
?
Finau
Papali'i
Sotutu
Weber/Roigard
MacKenzie
Fainganu'uku
T. Umaga Jensen
Aumua
Narawa/Telea
StephensonI could not find a lock to partner BBBR : Whitelock has been sidelined for weeks and Vai'i goes missing sometimes. It's the same with PPP. Maybe the most constant in his performances is Cameron Suafua but he is not a standout either. Bird has been good in his outings but he is not even considered as a starter at the Canes. So who ? Gardiner (he's just a stop gap in the Crusaders team as he is more a 6 than a lock) ? Barrett (pretty anonymous so far) ?
I could not make a choice between Roigard and Weber. The latter is slightly in front because of a bad Roigard's performance from the bench. The same for Telea and Narawa. Both have been outstanding so far.Thought Vaa'i was good yesterday
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@cgrant said in Best players in SR this week:
A bit off topic but what would be your form team so far (eligible NZ players only) ?
Mine :
De Groot
Taukei'aho
Lomax
Retallick
?
Finau
Papali'i
Sotutu
Weber/Roigard
MacKenzie
Fainganu'uku
T. Umaga Jensen
Aumua
Narawa/Telea
StephensonI could not find a lock to partner BBBR : Whitelock has been sidelined for weeks and Vai'i goes missing sometimes. It's the same with PPP. Maybe the most constant in his performances is Cameron Suafua but he is not a standout either. Bird has been good in his outings but he is not even considered as a starter at the Canes. So who ? Gardiner (he's just a stop gap in the Crusaders team as he is more a 6 than a lock) ? Barrett (pretty anonymous so far) ?
I could not make a choice between Roigard and Weber. The latter is slightly in front because of a bad Roigard's performance from the bench. The same for Telea and Narawa. Both have been outstanding so far.Thought Vaa'i was good yesterday
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@cgrant He was active around the park and tidy in what he did. He was the distributor while Retallick and Taukeiaho hit up the hard yards, with support from Jacobson, Sowakula, Dyer and Norris.
