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world top 15 xv for 2013

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  • #2
    Fireball07
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    Bar the number 9, who I can't really judge (and in fairness Genia had lots of blips this year, Du Preez benched for SA a lot), that's a very fair team imo.


  • #3
    .ak
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    Come to think of it, makes perfect sense that the Japanese could produce a decent scrumhalf; they don't need to be big guys, just quick, accurate, and decent decision makers.


  • #4
    jamiedav2011
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    Saw Tanaka play a good few times for Highlanders. Good SH, quick and a little barrel, but not best 9 in the world tbh.


  • #5
    thebaz
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    jamiedav2011 wrote: »
    Saw Tanaka play a good few times for Highlanders. Good SH, quick and a little barrel, but not best 9 in the world tbh.

    havnt seen him much , but he must be good to keep Conor Murray out


  • #6
    Tox56
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    Woodcock ahead of Healy? Come aaaannn


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  • #7
    Fireball07
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    Tox56 wrote: »
    Woodcock ahead of Healy? Come aaaannn

    Healy missed Lions, which will have counted against him. And did he miss some of the 6N? Anyway, he wasn't quite as brilliant internationally as he usually is.


  • #8
    Tox56
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    Fireball07 wrote: »
    Healy missed Lions, which will have counted against him. And did he miss some of the 6N? Anyway, he wasn't quite as brilliant internationally as he usually is.

    He missed a lot of the 6N due to the stamp but that meant he missed out on the crap that came with it. He was great against Wales. And insane against NZ. He was one of the only positives from the Aus game too. That Lions tour was a massive missed chance to prove how good he is to people outside Ireland


  • #9
    jamiedav2011
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    thebaz wrote: »
    havnt seen him much , but he must be good to keep Conor Murray out

    Yeah Murray did have a great year alright come to think of it.

    Not too many other SHs put their hand up, Smith probably the closest behind. Parra, Genia, Pienaar, Du Preez all fairly mixed.
    Foutali'i's form faded badly, none of the English guys really had great years, Philips is massively overrated, Laidlaw good but not good enough really etc.


  • #10
    Tim Robbins
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    Cian Healy at 1.


  • #11
    Swiwi.
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    At this time of the year every man & his dog puts out a XV of the year. I thought the XV voted for by PR's readers wasn't bad

    Folau, Smith, Smith, De Villiers, North, Cruden, Smith, Read, Hooper, Messam, Whitelock, Etzebeth, Jones, Du Plessisis, Corbisiero

    Probably a bit SH biased, but I guess at the end of the day SANZAR finished 1,2,3 in the rankings, so fairly accurate.


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