Best players in SR this week
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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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@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 ForceSuper 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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@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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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.
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@Bones said in Best players in SR this week:
@Crucial Weber was head and shoulders the best halfback. Not sold on the centre.
Weber was the best of the week yes, Roigard and Christie weren’t too far behind, Fakatava was all over the place and Drummond, well he was forgettable as per usual.
Jorgensen and Toole were pretty awesome for the Tahs and Brumbies but Telea was the standout winger on week 1.
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@Canes4life Weber was a key difference maker for the chiefs against a champion side. Roigard and Christie were good, but change them for someone else and their teams would still have run up big wins.
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@Bones said in Best players in SR this week:
@Canes4life Weber was a key difference maker for the chiefs against a champion side. Roigard and Christie were good, but change them for someone else and their teams would still have run up big wins.
Yeah I get what you’re saying but it’s easy when you’re forwards are going forward even against the Crusaders. I thought Weber was fairly rusty in that first half tbh, but he was exceptional in the second. He’s made a strong start in his case to be one of the three halfbacks at the WC.
Having all those halfbacks playing well can only be a good thing.
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@Canes4life yeah big struggle for Roigard and Christie with how their forward packs were just getting bitch slapped all over the park eh.
