Team of the tournament

[cgrant]

My team :

1. Moody (NZ)

2. Latu (Aus)

3. Sinckler (Eng)

4. Etzebeth (SA)

5. Wyn-Jones (Wal)

6. Curry (Eng)

7. Du Toit (SA)

8. Vermeulen (SA)

9. Smith (NZ)

10. Pollard (SA)

11. Radrada (Fiji)

12. Farrell (Eng)

13. Lafaele (Jpn)

14. Kolbe (SA)

15. Barrett (NZ)

16. Horie (Jpn)

17. Mtawarira (SA)

18. Figallo (Arg)

19. Lawes (Eng)

20. Savea (NZ)

21. Nagare (Jpn)

22. N'Tamack (Fra)

23. Adams (Wal)

[Bones]

@cgrant not Goodhue at 12?

[shark]

Du Toit is a blindside flanker. Are you playing him at openside?

[Bones]

@shark I assumed he was using the saffa numbering system and shifting Curry to open?

[cgrant]

Curry and Underhill were playing right and left and not blind and open. So I considered Curry as an openside and PSdT as a blindside, but I kept the numbers they had on their jerseys.
At Bones : I have written days ago that I had abandonned the idea of Goodhue at 12. :angry_face:

[Bones]

@cgrant yeah straight after naming Goodhue at 12! I'm hardly going to let go of that easy bait

[sparky]

1 Moody (NZ)
2 Owens (Wales)
3 Sinkler (England)
4 Wyn Jones (Wales)
5 Itoje (England)
6 Savea (NZ)
7 Underhill (England)
8 Vermeulen (SA)
9 De Klerk (SA)
10 Pollard (SA)
11 Adams (Wales)
12 Leinert-Brown (NZ)
13 Tuilagi (England)
14 Kolbe (SA)
15 Beauden Barrett (NZ)
16 Marx (SA)
17 Mtawarira (SA)
18 Malherbe (SA)
19 Scott Barrett (NZ)
20 Curry (England)
21 Nagare (Japan)
22 N'Tarmack (France)
23 Matsushima (Japan)

[cgrant]

Radradra should be in there. He has terrified every team he played against, particularly Australia and Wales. Itoje had one great game but went missing in the final. Owens is a warrior but does not set the world on fire. Latu was outstanding in every of his outings.

[Victor Meldrew]

I'd have Savea starting and ALB on teh bench.

Apart from that, pretty good choice.

[Billy Webb]

@sparky said in Team of the tournament:

1 Moody (NZ)
2 Owens (Wales)
3 Sinkler (England)
4 Wyn Jones (Wales)
5 Itoje (England)
6 Savea (NZ)
7 Underhill (England)
8 Vermeulen (SA)
9 De Klerk (SA)
10 Pollard (SA)
11 Adams (Wales)
12 Leinert-Brown (NZ)
13 Tuilagi (England)
14 Kolbe (SA)
15 Beauden Barrett (NZ)
16 Marx (SA)
17 Mtawarira (SA)
18 Malherbe (SA)
19 Scott Barrett (NZ)
20 Curry (England)
21 Nagare (Japan)
22 N'Tarmack (France)
23 Matsushima (Japan)

Scott Barrett? I assume you have him in as a lock.
You'd pick him ahead of Lood de Jager? Ahead of Etzebeth, Mostert and RG Snyman?

Or if you have picked him as loosie... you'd pick him ahead of PSDT?

I am clearly biased, but based on this tournament alone, I'd say most of the Bok tight 5 (both of them ) would be pretty strong contenders to make a team of the tournament.

[booboo]

@Billy-Webb said in Team of the tournament:

@sparky said in Team of the tournament:

1 Moody (NZ)
2 Owens (Wales)
3 Sinkler (England)
4 Wyn Jones (Wales)
5 Itoje (England)
6 Savea (NZ)
7 Underhill (England)
8 Vermeulen (SA)
9 De Klerk (SA)
10 Pollard (SA)
11 Adams (Wales)
12 Leinert-Brown (NZ)
13 Tuilagi (England)
14 Kolbe (SA)
15 Beauden Barrett (NZ)
16 Marx (SA)
17 Mtawarira (SA)
18 Malherbe (SA)
19 Scott Barrett (NZ)
20 Curry (England)
21 Nagare (Japan)
22 N'Tarmack (France)
23 Matsushima (Japan)

Scott Barrett? I assume you have him in as a lock.
You'd pick him ahead of Lood de Jager? Ahead of Etzebeth, Mostert and RG Snyman?

Or if you have picked him as loosie... you'd pick him ahead of PSDT?

I am clearly biased, but based on this tournament alone, I'd say most of the Bok tight 5 (both of them ) would be pretty strong contenders to make a team of the tournament.

Or Lawes?

[cgrant]

@sparky said in Team of the tournament:

1 Moody (NZ)
2 Owens (Wales)
3 Sinkler (England)
4 Wyn Jones (Wales)
5 Itoje (England)
6 Savea (NZ)
7 Underhill (England)
8 Vermeulen (SA)
9 De Klerk (SA)
10 Pollard (SA)
11 Adams (Wales)
12 Leinert-Brown (NZ)
13 Tuilagi (England)
14 Kolbe (SA)
15 Beauden Barrett (NZ)
16 Marx (SA)
17 Mtawarira (SA)
18 Malherbe (SA)
19 Scott Barrett (NZ)
20 Curry (England)
21 Nagare (Japan)
22 N'Tarmack (France)
23 Matsushima (Japan)

Lienert-Brown was good when he was selected as a centre. His only game as a 2nd Five was against England and it wasn't his best.

[MiketheSnow]

Dayglo's take

Lawrence Dallaglio's team of the Rugby World Cup

15. Liam Williams (WAL), 14 Kotaro Matsushima (JAP) 13. Jack Goodhue (NZ), 12. Owen Farrell (ENG), 11. Semi Radradra (FIJ), 10. George Ford (ENG), 9. Faf de Klerk (SA), 1. Mako Vunipola (ENG), 2. Bongi Mbonambi (SA), 3. Kyle Sinckler (ENG), 4. Maro Itoje (ENG), 5. Franco Mostert (SA), 6. Tom Curry (ENG), 7. Justin Tipuric (WAL), 8. Michael Leitch (JAP)

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-news/lawrence-dallaglios-rugby-world-cup-17175478?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=wales_rugby&fbclid=IwAR0ZVSkFS0sBW0AhrNHxyg9DpiUMeSHS2gmuFoxAvTMVueZuIGEalm8-540

[MajorPom]

Blimey, that's out there. Mako I thought didn't do much and no PSDT ...

[mofitzy_]

@MiketheSnow
3 saffas and one kiwi to 6 poms and 2 taffs. No bias there.

[Bones]

@mofitzy_ I'd pick any of the top 4 sides to take care of that one.

[Billy Webb]

@MiketheSnow

I sincerely hope Dayglo is a selector, no make that the chief and sole selector, for the 2021 British and Irish Lions tour of SA.

Will make the Boks task so much easier.

[Victor Meldrew]

@MiketheSnow
Reminds me of the BBC's (IIRC) "Greatest XV of the 20th Century" which had Rob Andrew at 10....

Yes, really.

[MiketheSnow]

@Victor-Meldrew said in Team of the tournament:

@MiketheSnow
Reminds me of the BBC's (IIRC) "Greatest XV of the 20th Century" which had Rob Andrew at 10....

Yes, really.

:face_with_tears_of_joy: :face_with_tears_of_joy: :face_with_tears_of_joy: :face_with_tears_of_joy:

[taniwharugby]

@cgrant didnt he only play 1 game in the RWC at 13? v SA?