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Team of the Week: Super Rugby Round #1

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Topic: Team of the Week: Super Rugby Round #1
Posted By: Transvaal
Subject: Team of the Week: Super Rugby Round #1
Date Posted: 20-Feb-2019 at 8:13am
The Super Rugby Team of the Week has representatives from nine of the teams from a round that produced 41 tries and six away wins.

Standout players were Blues No.8 Akira Ioane and Chiefs centre Anton Lienert-Brown while there were several players who crossed the white line more than once. Chiefs winger Etene Nanai-Seturo, Bulls winger Rosko Speckman and Sharks hooker Armand van der Merwe all scored two tries while Lions flanker Marnus Schoeman scored a hat-trick of tries against the Jaguares. He became the first South African forward to score a hat-trick of tries since Adriaan Strauss in March 2018, as well as making 11/12 tackles and winning two turnovers.


15

Ben Smith

Highlanders

Made two offloads, beat two defenders, and made 15 carries - the second most of any outside back.

14

Etene Nanai-Seturo

Chiefs

Crossed for a brace of tries, made 6/6 tackles, and beat three defenders from eight carries.

13

Tevita Kuridrani

Brumbies

Had a 100% tackle success rate from nine attempts, made two clean breaks and gained 43m from six carries.

12

Anton Lienert-Brown

Chiefs

Beat 10 defenders and made five offloads, more than any other player in either category; the last time any Chiefs player made more offloads in a Super Rugby game was in May 2015 (6 - Augustine Pulu).

11

Rosko Speckman

Bulls

Made three clean breaks, beat seven defenders, and crossed for a brace of tries from just five carries.

10

Handre Pollard

Bulls

Kicked a total of eight goals from as many attempts (4C, 4P), and made a joint round-high 14 kicks in play.

9

Nic Groom

Lions

Made 7/8 tackles, beat two defenders, and gained 15m from seven carries.

1

Joe Moody

Crusaders

Made 16 successful tackles, more than any other prop, gained 14m and beat one defender from three carries.

2

Armand van der Merwe

Sharks

Crossed for a brace of tries, gained 20m from five carries, and was successful with 13/15 throws, the second most of any hooker.

3

Allan Alaalatoa

Brumbies

Made eight successful tackles from as many attempts, made eight carries for 5m gained, and scored a try.

4

Marvin Orie

Lions

Made 19 successful tackles, the second most of any player, and won a round-high eight lineouts.

5

Matt Philip

Rebels

Won five lineouts, including one lineout steal, crossed for a try, and made two clean breaks from seven carries.

6

Marnus Schoeman

Lions

Became the first South African forward to score a hat-trick of tries since Adriaan Strauss in March 2018, as well as making 11/12 tackles and winning two turnovers.

7

Peter Samu

Brumbies

Made a round-high four clean breaks, made two offloads, and was successful with 10/10 tackle attempts.

8

Akira Ioane

Blues

Made a round-high 20 carries, the most by a Blues player since Akira Ioane himself made 21 carries in Round 10, 2018.

 




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Posted By: Transvaal
Date Posted: 20-Feb-2019 at 8:14am
3 Leeus in die AMPTELIKE span van die week...Groom, Orie en Schoeman



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