Best Passing Young Halfback

[Bovidae]

@Nepia Kelleher and Tonu'u both had great passes too. We can question the accuracy and reliability of their passing though.

[taniwharugby]

@Bovidae Tonu'u probably had one of the longest passes of any 9 I've seen.

[Crucial]

Bring back the dive pass.

[chimoaus]

@Crucial said in Best Passing Young Halfback:

Bring back the dive pass.

[Nepia]

@chimoaus Who the hell is the AB there? Is my early on-set dementia hitting and I can't remember recent ABs now?

[taniwharugby]

@Nepia looks like Marshall and McCaw?

[Nepia]

@taniwharugby said in Best Passing Young Halfback:

@Nepia looks like Marshall and McCaw?

I know I favour MJ as our best 7 ever but I at least thought I'd be able to pick the GOAT in a pic.

[ACT Crusader]

Went with TTT and Nock.

TTT has a sweet pass. Hardly ever throws floaters, it’s swift and he doesn’t do the two step back motion.

Nock is a different type of halfback, but I think his passing in motion is one of the best in NZ.

[Nepia]

@ACT-Crusader said in Best Passing Young Halfback:

Went with TTT and Nock.

TTT has a sweet pass. Hardly ever throws floaters, it’s swift and he doesn’t do the two step back motion.

Nock is a different type of halfback, but I think his passing in motion is one of the best in NZ.

Hmm, for some reason I missed seeing TTT on the poll, I might have chosen him over the ginga then.

[ACT Crusader]

@taniwharugby said in Best Passing Young Halfback:

@Nepia looks like Marshall and McCaw?

2003 RWC QF.

[taniwharugby]

@Nepia did take me a 2nd look to work out it was Richie

[reprobate]

Fakatava. Might not be the longest, but the value you get from being at every ruck, and whipping it in one movement off the ground is far more valuable far more often.
Aaron Smith does that, better, and has the long pass too. I reckon anyone who played 10 watches him and gets the urge to put the boots back on.
But fakatava is just a kid. Very promising, and seems to have lost his hungus now too.

[chimoaus]

Could anyone be so kind as to list if those HB's have super contracts and with which franchise in 2021?

[Tim]

@chimoaus

List of 2020–21 Super Rugby Aotearoa transfers - Wikipedia

[chimoaus]

@Tim said in Best Passing Young Halfback:

@chimoaus

List of 2020–21 Super Rugby Aotearoa transfers - Wikipedia

Thanks for that, great resource. It appears only TTT, Enari, Christie, Booth and Taumateine have 2021 contracts already. Those in brackets were signed to those clubs in 2020.

Taufa Funaki
Folau Fakatava - (Highlanders)
Te Toiroa Tahuriorangi - Chiefs
Sam Nock - (Blues)
Xavier Roe
Ere Enari - Crusaders
Jonathan Taumateine - Hurricanes
Finlay Christie - Blues
Jamie Booth - Hurricanes

[Bones]

I think Ratima and the chiefs back up half from this year are worth keeping an eye on too.

[hydro11]

I don't know that I can limit it to just passing but Fakatava and Roe seem to be the two best emerging talents. That doesn't include triple T who has already emerged.

[Crucial]

@chimoaus said in Best Passing Young Halfback:

@Tim said in Best Passing Young Halfback:

@chimoaus

List of 2020–21 Super Rugby Aotearoa transfers - Wikipedia

Thanks for that, great resource. It appears only TTT, Enari and Christie have 2021 contracts already. Those in brackets were signed to those clubs in 2020.

Taufa Funaki
Folau Fakatava - (Highlanders)
Te Toiroa Tahuriorangi - Chiefs
Sam Nock - (Blues)
Xavier Roe
Ere Enari - Crusaders
Jonathan Taumateine
Finlay Christie - Blues
Jamie Booth

Isn’t JT signed with the Canes? And Booth

[chimoaus]

@Crucial Most likely, I was just going off the wiki article which may not be updated. I must have missed them, I updated the post.

[Bones]

Milo-Harris, that's the guy. Fallen out of favour? His pass looked pretty slick for a young fella early on in super rugby.