Man of the Match on Debut - Anyone else?
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@Rembrandt said in Man of the Match on Debut - Anyone else?:
So after watching the McCaw movie where he achieved this feat, I'm just wondering if any other test players have achieved this? Google has not been my friend unless of course McCaw is the only one
Worth seeing the film?
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@Duluth said in Man of the Match on Debut - Anyone else?:
@canefan said in Man of the Match on Debut - Anyone else?:
Cully must have gone close with three tries on debut vs Samoa
Similar to Jeff Wilson who got 3 tries on debut vs Scotland in 1993
Surely he would have got MOTM
Wilson was goalkicking too wasn't he?
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Troy Flavell got 3 tries against Tonga in 2000. He must have gone close.
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@Duluth said in Man of the Match on Debut - Anyone else?:
@Kirwan It looks like M Cooper was the main kicker, but Wilson did kick a conversion
That was enough for him to be trusted the following week vs England..
Cooper was injured vs Scotland so couldn't play vs England. His goal kicking would have been much better than Wilson's.
As to MOTM on debut, what about Sivivatu vs Fiji (4 tries) or Carter vs Wales (20 pts)?
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@African-Monkey said in Man of the Match on Debut - Anyone else?:
Troy Flavell got 3 tries against Tonga in 2000. He must have gone close.
Cully got 3 v Samoa on his debut and 4 v Scotland the following week, coulda been close to back to back MOTM...
Cully had 3 hatricks (Samoa, Wales, Fiji) 4 if you count 4 tries v Scotland, started with a hatrick, and the last match he scored tries in, was also a hatrick.
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I'm guessing Savea must have come close with his 3 tries v Ireland. Hard to find records though. During the world cup where they did the MOM via general public vote really irked me but I guess if there is no record then maybe it doesn't matter as much.
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Michael Jones springs to mind. Usually the match database on all blacks.com shows MOTM doesn't it?
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@Crucial said in Man of the Match on Debut - Anyone else?:
Michael Jones springs to mind. Usually the match database on all blacks.com shows MOTM doesn't it?
blacks.com? Is that Trump's black "outreach" website?
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@Bones said in Man of the Match on Debut - Anyone else?:
Do they even award that officially? I can't for the life of me remember any official ones done so far this year.
Yeah isn't it just something for TV commentators to do at the end of a game? It really doesn't mean much without some consistent process. Might as well give it to the "people" instead.
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@Bones said in Man of the Match on Debut - Anyone else?:
Do they even award that officially? I can't for the life of me remember any official ones done so far this year.
You are right. I don't think MOTM goes along with the AB ethos these days.
Meanwhile the Wallabies hand out "participation awards" such as Most annoying face-pull.
