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IRPA Try of the year

  • 19-11-2014 3:09pm
    #1
    Swiwi.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,415 ✭✭✭




    What do ya reckon?

    Your pick for try of the year 35 votes

    Roberts
    0% 0 votes
    Hendricks
    11% 4 votes
    Harvey
    34% 12 votes
    Hougaard
    20% 7 votes
    May
    34% 12 votes


Comments

  • #2
    .ak
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,308 ✭✭✭✭.ak


    Harvey for me, or May's. As individual tries go they're brilliant


  • #3
    .ak
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,308 ✭✭✭✭.ak


    I'm surprised thimbles from France isn't in there, or Sexton's. Both tries were top drawer in what was essentially the biggest NH game this year


  • #4
    Pudsy33
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,834 ✭✭✭✭Pudsy33


    Hendricks for me.


  • #5
    sydthebeat
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    Hendricks for me

    first cos its a team try and second because it was practically impossible to defend.
    most of the other tries have signs of bad defending (especially mays)


  • #6
    The Lost Sheep
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,967 ✭✭✭✭The Lost Sheep


    Hendricks for me
    Who are IPRA? Players Association or something else...


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  • #7
    Swiwi.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,415 ✭✭✭Swiwi.


    The Lost Sheep wrote: »
    Hendricks for me
    Who are IPRA? Players Association or something else...

    International rugby players association.

    Edit: the selecting panel consisted of Samoa's Seilala Mapusua, New Zealand's Jeff Wilson, Ireland's Alan Quinlan and Dan Parks of Scotland.


  • #8
    sullivlo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,994 ✭✭✭sullivlo


    Harvey. Without a doubt. Belter of a try.


  • #9
    postitnote
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 413 ✭✭postitnote


    You'd think they'd have waited at least until the Autumn internationals were over!


  • #10
    Quint2010
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,178 ✭✭✭Quint2010


    Pudsy33 wrote: »
    Hendricks for me.

    Me too. With a dash of tonic..


  • #11
    RedemptionZ
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,758 ✭✭✭RedemptionZ


    Roberts for me, real team try there. Hendricks was a lovely try but JP Pietersen should have been brought down sooner I thought.

    Harvey's try was pure individual skill, really good but I prefer a team worked try. If the criteria is on individualism she has to win.


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  • #12
    Yeah_Right
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,072 ✭✭✭Yeah_Right


    Quint2010 wrote: »
    Me too. With a dash of tonic..

    And cucumber.

    I hate 2 of those tries.


  • #13
    Hagz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,257 ✭✭✭Hagz


    Hendricks.

    The forward pass for Hougaard's try just ruins it for me.


  • #14
    frippy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68 ✭✭frippy


    Yeah_Right wrote: »
    I hate 2 of those tries.

    Which two?


  • #15
    Yeah_Right
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,072 ✭✭✭Yeah_Right


    frippy wrote: »
    Which two?

    The ones against the All Blacks :D


  • #16
    who_me
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,669 ✭✭✭who_me


    Harvey for me.

    Her try's not bad either..


  • #17
    twinytwo
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    .ak wrote: »
    Harvey for me, or May's. As individual tries go they're brilliant

    :confused: can i ask why? i mean at the end of the day she ran the pitch out paced an attempted ankle tap and cut inside a defender, not really ground breaking stuff.

    For the record i dont think May's was that great either... hell even i could skin smith on the outside


  • #18
    frippy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68 ✭✭frippy


    Yeah_Right wrote: »
    The ones against the All Blacks :D

    ok, that makes more sense!


  • #19
    Buer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,258 ✭✭✭✭Buer


    Hougaard for me. Excellent skill levels throughout and nice mix of play, passing, offloads from the deck, grubber etc.

    Others all leave me a bit cold. Roberts was lovely interplay but it was against a 14 man Scotland. Hendricks' was a great score but not quite the skill levels across the board shown in Hougaard's.


  • #20
    Spudmonkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,988 ✭✭✭Spudmonkey


    May's was a brilliant individual effort!


  • #21
    Bridge93
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    I'd rule out May's as his is just burning people on the outside and Roberts as it was against 14 men.
    I can't pick between the other 3.


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  • #22
    pickarooney
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    twinytwo wrote: »
    :confused: can i ask why? i mean at the end of the day she ran the pitch out paced an attempted ankle tap and cut inside a defender, not really ground breaking stuff.

    For the record i dont think May's was that great either... hell even i could skin smith on the outside

    She ran into the corner just to make the conversion a bit of a challenge then slotted it from the touchline with the outside of her boot.


  • #23
    .ak
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,308 ✭✭✭✭.ak


    twinytwo wrote: »
    :confused: can i ask why? i mean at the end of the day she ran the pitch out paced an attempted ankle tap and cut inside a defender, not really ground breaking stuff.

    For the record i dont think May's was that great either... hell even i could skin smith on the outside

    It's the jink and step. The pace at which she shuffles is extremely difficult to pull off. She completely skinned the last defender despite running straight at her. Very impressive bit of individual skill.


  • #24
    .ak
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,308 ✭✭✭✭.ak


    twinytwo wrote: »
    :confused: can i ask why? i mean at the end of the day she ran the pitch out paced an attempted ankle tap and cut inside a defender, not really ground breaking stuff.

    For the record i dont think May's was that great either... hell even i could skin smith on the outside

    Also, smith is a very good defender?


  • #25
    sydthebeat
    Subscribers Posts: 42,170 ✭✭✭✭sydthebeat


    .ak wrote: »
    Also, smith is a very good defender?

    I wouldn't necessarily focus on Smith's defending, anyone can get caught on an outside arc if the carrier get a run on them.

    Daggs defending however was atrocious


  • #26
    Jacovs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,943 ✭✭✭Jacovs


    Hougaard's effort has been installed as the 8/5 favourite for the award by SA bookies, narrowly ahead of team-mate Cornal Hendricks' five-pointer on his debut against Wales in Durban in June, at (7/4).
    The other contenders for the award are tries by Welshman Jamie Roberts (10/3), England’s Jonny May (6/1) and Canada’s IRB Women’s Player of the Year 2014, Magali Harvey (8/1).


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