World & NZ Rugby Awards 2018
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@hooroo said in World, NZ & other Rugby Awards 2018:
I agree with @Kirwan Much easier to take a good team and culture and keep them going a second year than sweep up the bones off the floor and then go and win the comp
Alama took a basket case team that was on the verge of relegation, rebuilt from the ground up, and managed to get a team spirit and resilience instilled that hasn't been sighted in Auckland teams for decades. Not only that, they won respect from the generally disinterested public. An amazing achievement.
It was a lower level than Super. However, I'd argue there were a few coaches who could win the comp with the Super cattle that the Crusaders had. By comparison, I don't know if other coaches would have been able to achieve what the Auckland coaches did, in teh time they had, with the players they had.
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@bovidae talk back is full of people suggesting there should be a male and female award rather than the Tremain one being for both.
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@taniwharugby I seem to remember that the Kel Tremain Memorial used to be awarded to one of the winners of the other individual categories on the night, and they never publically announced the nominees prior to the awards evening. A bit like the Halberg supreme award.
So have a male and female POTY award, and together with the other winners (SR, M10 Cup, Tom French), one of them wins the overall award.
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Clone Army Hypothetical:
XV Brodies vs XV Sextons.
Who wins?
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@salacious-crumb Brodie’s for sure
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Just to clarify, who was AB player of the year? Or wasn't there one?
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New Zealand Rugby Players' Association Awards
Men's Player of the Year - Codie Taylor
Women's Player of the Year - Kendra Cocksedge
Men's 7s Player of the Year - Vilimoni Koroi
Women's 7s Player of the Year - Michaela Blyde
Super Rugby Player of the Year - Richie Mo'unga
Mitre 10 Cup Player of the Year - TJ Faiane
Young Player of the Year - Dalton Papali'i
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/rugby/news/article.cfm?c_id=80&objectid=12178596
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@kiwimurph said in World, NZ & other Rugby Awards 2018:
In fairness - i'm not sure Papali'i was eligible for the age grade player for the NZR Awards as he was age grade last year (NZ U20s) not this year. However - Plummer would have been a better choice over Christie in those awards anyway.
After watching the U20s I think any number of players is more deserving of Christie.
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The NZ Herald rate Brodie Retallick as their best NZ Rugby player in 2018 and Beauden Barrett as number 2. Spot on IMHO. They rate SBW too highly, but apart from that these seem sane.
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@sparky said in World, NZ & other Rugby Awards 2018:
The NZ Herald rate Brodie Retallick as their best NZ Rugby player in 2018 and Beauden Barrett as number 2. Spot on IMHO. They rate SBW too highly, but apart from that these seem sane.
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That list must be wrong. It has Akira in the top 50.
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@sparky said in World, NZ & other Rugby Awards 2018:
The NZ Herald rate Brodie Retallick as their best NZ Rugby player in 2018 and Beauden Barrett as number 2. Spot on IMHO. They rate SBW too highly, but apart from that these seem sane.
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Nope, even aside from Akira being there Taylor was clearly the best AB this year.
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Did we do a tally of the polls taken this year? @hydro11 ? That will give us the definitive answer.
Actually, fair enough on Papali'i.
