RWC: MOTM v South Africa

@nzzp i went Scott of the Barretts, manned up big time

Aaron of the Smiths, after an indifferent start, his passing and kicking were spot on

Ardie of the Saveas, machine.

Probably needed Kolbe in there, fuck me he makes McKenzie look big and slow.

ALB was the all round best, did everything well.

BB outstanding in attack.

Moody superb in defence.

Ardie, ALB and a sympathy vote for Cane (he and SB were massive in that first 20 minutes dulling and frustrating the Bokke)
Could have easily also gone for Mounga or BB and think Read deserves more credit than he is being given (especially for leadership)

I voted for Ardie, ALB and Beauden over his little brother.

Ardie, Scott and Beauden.

The first two were part of the effort that saw SA dominate the opening 20 minutes...with only 3 points to show for it.

Ardie, SB, and ALB. Anton's footwork was awesome when he'd jink back to break open a gap. Ardie continues to shine, standing out physically when playing SA is no mean feat. They have some absolute units. SB is bringing the heat!!

@Paekakboyz said in MotM vs South Africa II:

Ardie, SB, and ALB. Anton's footwork was awesome when he'd jink back to break open a gap. Ardie continues to shine, standing out physically when playing SA is no mean feat. They have some absolute units. SB is bringing the heat!!

I agree. I fucked up my vote and gave George Bridge a vote. (I liked his game but definitely not too 3 on the park)

I’ve carried the Scott Barrett faith and it has been repaid in spades.

Immense at the breakdown and on the collisions against some of the toughest lads in test rugby.

Ardie , BB and ALB for me.

@Kirwan said in MotM vs South Africa II:

Ardie , BB and ALB for me.

Yep. Ditto for me, though Crotty woud get a 4th vote

Thought the Crotty/ALB combo worked really, really well.

@Victor-Meldrew said in MotM vs South Africa II:

@Kirwan said in MotM vs South Africa II:

Ardie , BB and ALB for me.

Yep. Ditto for me, though Crotty woud get a 4th vote

Thought the Crotty/ALB combo worked really, really well.

Same

Whitelock, Ardie, ALB.

@Nevorian two best players on the park there

Ardie and the two Barretts though I would have liked to give four votes as ALB was outstanding too.

First 3 - Ardie, Whitelock, B. Barrett
Second 3 - ALB, Crotty, S. Barrett
Next 3 - Moody, A. Smith, Mo’unga

So after my rewatch - ALB, Scott Barrett (his best game in black by some distance, actually lived up to the hype some have been giving him for a while) ... the third was hard to choose between BB, A Smith and Ardie. Ruled out Ardie due to some defensive issues and have decided for BB since I'd normally go for A Smith.

What I also noticed was that Ardie and BB were helped to perform well by the performance of their partners/competition - Mo'unga actually had a really good game and Cane was physically imposing himself at ruck time.

Savea, ALB, Aaron Smith.

Savea, ALB, S Barrett for me