All Blacks MOTM v USA
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Current standings:
17 Akira Ioane
14 Jordie Barrett
10 Sam Whitelock
10 David Havili
9 Aaron Smith
9 Dalton Papali'i
8 Rieko Ioane
8 Brodie Retallick
8 Luke Jacobson
8 Ethan Blackadder
5 Codie Taylor
5 Samisoni Taukeiaho
5 Dane Coles
5 Will Jordan
4 Quinn Tupaea
4 Damian McKenzie
4 Beauden Barrett
4 Sevu Reece
4 Brad Weber
3 Ardie Savea
3 Richie Mo'unga
1 Scott Barrett
1 TJ Perenara
1 George Bower -
McKenzie the spark. Vaii and Tupaea the platform setters. Jordan for threatening presence. Jacobson the defensive standout and Christie for his speed. Six standouts for me and the starting props were great too. Performance dropped when front row and Christie got subbed.
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I thought DMac was our best today. Comfortably outshone Mo'unga as a play maker and was the catalyst for loads of our tries. Admittedly a team with no real defensive structure suits him to the ground, but he exploited the hell out of them.
Christie also good, maybe helped by how bloody bad TJP was but he's our clear 3rd HB. God help us if they roll out TJP against the top sides.
3rd vote to Jacobson who was dominant in everything he did.
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Difficult to judge against a weaker team, but DMac, Christie & Jordan for me.
DMac was everywhere and his support play excellent, Jordan was lethal with the ball in hand and Christie seems to be going from strength to strength and the drop-off when TJP cvame on was really noticeable,
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I went for two guys that follow the coaches instructions and mostly played it straight. Tupaea and Jacobsen plus DMac who kept the crazies in his pocket for the most part but kept everything moving.
Mentions for the Ginga, Vai’i (got a bit loose at times), Paps and the starting front row. -
Vaa’i, Christie and Tupaea
Given how much ball we had, there was a lot of activity, but I liked Vaa’i’s work at the collisions, Christie’s quick service and attendance to the ruck and despite making a few mistakes, Tupaea did some very good things and took a step up.
