NZ and World Rugby Awards 2021
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Just catching up with this thread.
Didn't Jordan breakthrough last year?
BB the best 10? It's not 2016. I saw on another poll somewhere they had BB and Mo in the top 10 players - I thin their selection method was pull names out of the hat.
Did I fall asleep during matches this year? Why is Ardie getting rated so highly, he didn't have abad year but over 12 months it's not like he was outstanding in comparison to the other NZ loosies. He didn't get close in the Fern MOTM poll even with the Canes fans voting block.
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@nepia said in NZ and World Rugby Awards 2021:
Just catching up with this thread.
Didn't Jordan breakthrough last year?
I think I read somewhere they didn't have any awards last year so it's a bit of a two-year composite.
But, Will had a bit of a mixed bag in his two tests in 2020.
First game he came on, got a head knock and left again - after five minutes.
Second game he came on - snapped up two quick opportunist tries - sealed a bonus point - and won the Championship!
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Hard to argue with:
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2021 New Zealand Rugby Awards:
Referee of Year: Ben O'Keeffe (Auckland)
Charles Monro volunteer of year: Peter Chaplin (Canterbury)
Steinlager Salver: Anna Richards (Auckland)
NZRPA Kirk Award: Melodie Robinson (Auckland)
Age-grade Player of Year: Josh Lord (Taranaki)
Heartland Championship Player of Year: Willie Wright (South Canterbury)
Duane Monkley Medal (NPC): Stephen Perofeta (Taranaki)
Fiao'o Faamausili Medal (FPC): Krystal Murray (Northland)
National Coach of Year: Ross Filipo (Waikato NPC)
New Zealand Coach of Year: Cory Sweeney and Allan Bunting (Black Ferns sevens)
Super Rugby Player of Year: Richie Mo'unga (Canterbury)
Tom French Memorial Māori Player of Year: Sarah Hirini (Manawatū)
Richard Crawshaw Memorial All Blacks Sevens Player of Year: Scott Curry (Bay of Plenty)
Black Ferns Sevens Player of Year: Sarah Hirini (Manawatū)
Black Ferns Player of Year: Kennedy Simon (Waikato)
All Blacks Player of Year: Ardie Savea (Wellington)
National Team of Year: Crusaders
Kelvin R Tremain Memorial Player of Year: Sarah Hirini (Manawatū)
NZ team of the year: Black Ferns 7s
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Ardie Savea over Jordan is a fucking joke.
What am i missing?
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@mariner4life to be fair to Ardie, he has played bloody well, and consistently so, problem is, he throws out the balance of our loosies too much (esp at 8 ) and therefore affects quite alot of our game...but clearly we know jack shit given he won this and was supposedly the best 8 in the world this year...
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@mariner4life Jordie
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@bovidae said in NZ and World Rugby Awards 2021:
Just looking at the winners, I am really surprised that Ross Filipo won ahead of Neil Barnes. This coming from a Waikato supporter.
probably for his speaking out in criticizing the NZR big wigs..
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@kiwi_expat I posted that article originally, and agreed with Barnes. I hope this wasn't the reason. He was the only coach nominated whose team never lost a game.
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@mariner4life said in NZ and World Rugby Awards 2021:
Ardie Savea over Jordan is a fucking joke.
What am i missing?
Ardie has a better brand and PR
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It's that time of the year when everyone seems to want to pick a all-time XV. This time it's a British rugby website called ruck.co.uk (never visited it myself). 200,000 respones they say.
15: Serge Blanco (France)
14: Bryan Habana (South Africa)
13: Brian O’Driscoll
12: Ma’a Nonu (New Zealand)
11: Jonah Lomu (New Zealand)
10: Dan Carter (New Zealand)
9: Joost Van Der Westhuizen (South Africa)
8: Zinzan Brooke (New Zealand)
7: Richie McCaw (New Zealand)
6: Francois Pienaar (South Africa)
5: John Eales (Australia)
4: Martin Johnson (England)
3: Owen Franks (New Zealand)
2: Sean Fitzpatrick (New Zealand)
1: Jason Leonard (England)
Seven All Blacks selected in Greatest all-time XV
Every year-end is a field day for list makers, especially in sport, and rugby has been no different in 2021.
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@bovidae jesus, there actually isn't that much to hate about that. Colour me surprised.
