RugbyRebels

Here too players elected by the readers of Midi Olympique..

15. Beauden Barrett (Nouvelle-Zélande - 55%) :
14. Jonny May (Angleterre - 60%) :
13. Virimi Vakatawa (France - 61%) :
12. Semi Radradra (Fidji - 29%) :
11. Caleb Clarke (Nouvelle-Zélande - 26%) :
10. Romain Ntamack (France - 63%) :
9 . Antoine Dupont (France - 89%) :
8. Grégory Alldritt (France - 49%) :
7. Charles Ollivon (France - 64%) :
6. Tom Curry (Angleterre - 14%) :
5. Maro Itoje (Angleterre - 49%) :
4. Bernard Le Roux (France - 34%) :
3. Kyle Sinckler (Angleterre - 33%) :
2. Dane Coles (Nouvelle-Zélande - 54%) :
1. Cyril Baille (France - 41%) :

Thoughts ?

Caleb Clarke is a pretty early call for 5 games...

Bernard La Roux's the one I'd have most issues with. He's big and serves a function but surely there are better locks our there.

Radradra at 12's an interesting call, considering he's never played there to my knowledge, but it's not as though there are plentiful high-quality international 12s out there right now.

Understandable French bias to the results. You'd say Ryan over Le Roux, probably MakoV over Baille, and Radradra over Vakatawa if they're both competing for 13. I'm also not sure Ntamack is really the best 10 in the world, although I'm not sure who I'd have to replace him right now.

Puja

Also there's no south African, a bit odd..

tigran wrote:Also there's no south African, a bit odd..

They didn't play any tests this year mate.

morepork wrote:

tigran wrote:Also there's no south African, a bit odd..

They didn't play any tests this year mate.

Ah voilà..

switchskier wrote:Bernard La Roux's the one I'd have most issues with. He's big and serves a function but surely there are better locks our there.

James Ryan, for example? (as Puja suggested!)