Which team would win?

The Pheasant2

My friends and I played this game where you go through the positions and you each get to pick a player for your position - the order of the picks was rotated to ensure fair distribution of first picks. (Long term injured players were allowed, with them being on their form pre-injury) (SBW was also permitted)

Team 1:

15. Folau
14. Hosea Gear
13. Adam Ashley Cooper
12. Giteau
11. Habana
10. Sexton
9. Parra
8. Vermeulen
7. Pocock
6. Wood
5. Retallick
4. Whitelock
3. Jones
2. Moore
1. Corbisiero

Team 2:

15. Beale
14. Sivivatu
13. Tuilagi
12. Roberts
11. Ben Smith
10. Cruden
9. Genia
8. Parisse
7. McCaw
6. Dusatoir
5. AWJ
4. Etzebeth
3. Oosthuizen
2. Hibbard
1. The Beast

Team 3:

15. Halfpenny
14. Savea
13. James O'Connor
12. SBW
11. Bowe
10. Cooper
9. Smith
8. Read
7. O'Brien
6. Ferris
5. POC
4. Horwill
3. Franks
2. Hartley
1. Healy

Team 4:

15. Dagg
14. North
13. Fofana
12. Nonu
11. Pitua
10. Carter
9. du Preez
8. Leguizemon
7. Warburton
6. Messam
5. Launchbury
4. Lawes
3. Cole
2. Du Plessis
1. Jenkins

So...who wins?

huey1975

None of your friends picked O'Driscoll. Put him at 13 on team 3 and they get my vote

Running Balance

huey1975 wrote: »

None of your friends picked O'Driscoll. Put him at 13 on team 3 and they get my vote

no Conrad smith either??

danthefan

Some fine teams there, I like the look of team 3.

jamiedav2011

Lurching towards team two for me!

All teams are relatively equal, the number of leaders would be what i'd look at, and a backrow of McCaw, Dusatoir and Parrise has its fair share.

Swap Tuilagi for BOD and it's a shoe in.

Journeyman_1

between team 3 and 4 for me, leaning towards 3 though

Neil3030

Pretty sure this is how the Top14 was formed.....

.ak

Team 1, all firepower.

Fireball07

All good teams. Some players unlucky to miss out- Cory Jane, Conrad Smith, Picamoles, Figallo, Lobbe, De Villiers, Strauss.


Would like Team 3, serious back row but JOC isn't really a 13.


Team 4 would be the best if they had Picamoles at 8, and maybe Lobbe too. I'd probably pick them anyway.

The Pheasant2

.ak wrote: »

Team 1, all firepower.

They certainly would pack a punch, although their backs defense wouldn't be as solid as the others

nipps

how about:

Dagg
North
Fofana
SBW
Habana
Carter
Genia
Reid
McCaw
O'Brien
POC
Etzebeth
Franks
Du Plessis
Healy

i reckon that team would beat any combination of the rest of the other players

The Pheasant2

nipps wrote: »

how about:

Dagg
North
Fofana
SBW
Habana
Carter
Genia
Reid
McCaw
O'Brien
POC
Etzebeth
Franks
Du Plessis
Healy

i reckon that team would beat any combination of the rest of the other players

You wouldn't be able to get such a good combination as you wouldn't have first pick every time

Bridge93

Think I'd go team 3 too from just looking at the 4 of them. Although James O Connor at 13 is odd, plenty of better candidates knocking around than him as a 13! Very little between any of the teams if I'm honest all handy teams!

19543261

3 because Halfpenny.

Kanrith

Team 2 would be great but Roberts and Tuilagi don't have the distribution skills to unleash the back three, maybe put O'Driscoll and Roberts in the centre instead and they will probably win.

Fireball07

Made a team, using none of the 60 players named above. Think they'd give any of those above a run for their money tbh. Some quality players in world rugby today.


15. Willie Le Roux
14. Cory Jane
13. Conrad Smith
12. Jean De Villiers
11. Naipolini Nalaga
10. Beauden Barrett
9. Rory Kockott
8. Louis Picamoles
7. Michael Hooper
6. Juan Fernandez Lobbe
5. Nathan Hines
4. Bakkies Botha
3. Juan Figallo
2. Adriaan Strauss
1. Thomas Domingo

With a bench of:

Rory Best, Vincent Debaty, Nicolas Mas, Flip Van Der Merwe, Mamuka Gorgodze, Conor Murray, Morne Steyn, Juan Imhoff

leonard7

nick evans on his current form should be in one of those teams

dtpc191991

nipps wrote: »

how about:

Dagg
North
BOd
SBW
Folau
Carter
Genia
Reid
McCaw
O'Brien
POC
Etzebeth
Franks
Du Plessis
Healy

i reckon that team would beat any combination of the rest of the other players

Make those changes and I reckon that team would kick arse.