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Rugby Championship Form XVs Guide For Selection? 4 views
13 May 2014 by The Swede Eaters
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Are the New Zealand, Australian and South African conference Super Rugby Form XVs a guide to All Blacks, Springboks and Wallabies form?
With international test match rugby just around the corner, the Rugby Championship teams including New Zealand, Australia and South Africa have or will be naming their squads for the June International test matches. It is interesting comparing team selections with the statistics fromwww.testrugby.com which has given us "Form XV"s for the All Blacks, Wallabies and Springboks and it is interesting to see how many of these players gained selection in the actual international training squads.
The All Blacks Form XV features 11 players who made the All Blacks training squad out of 15. It is interesting to see the Hurricanes dominating the tight five, which is scary given their usual reputation for having a soft underbelly. Interestingly, Colin Slade is the form Number 10 in New Zealand ahead of Beauden Barrett, while Nademe Nadolo who isn't eligible for New Zealand has just pipped Julian Savea.
The Wallabies and Springboks squads will be named soon and it will be interesting to see if they pick on form or reputation.
The Australian Form XV is probably not too far from the likely Wallabies squad, while the South African Form XV doesn't require too many big names so it will be interesting to see how many form players make the Springboks.
Who do you think should make the Springboks, All Blacks and Wallabies and should it be based on form or reputation?
http://www.superrugbytips.com/2014/05/rugby-championship-teams-based-on-super.html
We've crunched the numbers by country and come up with the best starting fifteen for each.
How does this compare with the players being selected for the international window?
This squads have been picked entirely on TESTRUGBY.com fantasy points earned from the
Series to date. The calculation only includes the starting 15 of each week, and a player must have started at least 5 games in their position. The position they most commonly played is
the position they are considered for, and only games played in that position contribute toward
the calculation.
Also, there has been no attempt to filter out import players - they show for the country in which
their Super Rugby team represents.
What do you think?
South Africa
Player Team Country Position Fantasy
Avg Fantasy
Total Actual
Points
Dean Greyling
BUL South Africa 1 - Prop - Loose 131 1575 0
Bismarck- du-Plessis
SHK South Africa 2 - Hooker 267 2675 0
Frans Malherbe
STM South Africa 3 - Prop -Tight 179 1615 10
Paul willemse
BUL South Africa 4 - Lock 181 1270 5
Victor Matfield
BUL South Africa 5 - Lock 204 1840 0
Nizaam Carr
STM South Africa 6 - Loose Blindside 250 1505 10
Jean Deysel
SHK South Africa 7 - Loose Openside 275 1375 5
Phillip van-der-Walt
CHE South Africa 8 - Loose Number 8 262 1575 5
Cobus Reinach
SHK South Africa 9 - Halfback 195 1170 10
Jacques-Louis Potgieter
BUL South Africa 10 - Fly-half 243 1945 103
Courtnall- Skosan
LIO South Africa 11 - Wing Left 216 1080 15
Damian- de-Allende
STM South Africa 12 - Centre Inside 227 1135 5
Lionel Mapoe
LIO South Africa 13 - Centre Outside 210 1260 10
Cornal Hendricks
CHE South Africa 14 - Wing Right 172 1380 15
Willie Le-Roux
CHE South Africa 15 - Fullback 270 1895 10
Australia
Player Team Country Position Fantasy
Avg Fantasy
Total Actual
Points
James Slipper
RED Australia 1 - Prop - Loose 178 1430 5
Stephen Moore
BRM Australia 2 - Hooker 230 2305 5
Kieran Longbottom
FOR Australia 3 - Prop -Tight 119 1195 0
Rob Simmons
RED Australia 4 - Lock 179 1975 10
Luke Jones
REB Australia 5 - Lock 222 2000 0
Jacques Potgieter
WAR Australia 6 - Loose Blindside 251 1255 5
Micheal Hooper
WAR Australia 7 - Loose Openside 239 2395 5
Ben McCalman
FOR Australia 8 - Loose Number 8 270 2430 15
Luke Burgess
REB Australia 9 - Halfback 148 890 5
Bernard Foley
WAR Australia 10 - Fly-half 273 2735 117
Nick Cummins
FOR Australia 11 - Wing Left 221 2210 30
Kurtley Beale
WAR Australia 12 - Centre Inside 232 2090 21
Tamati Ellison
REB Australia 13 - Centre Outside 190 1900 5
Joseph Tomane
BRM Australia 14 - Wing Right 188 1320 10
Israel Folau
WAR Australia 15 - Fullback 300 2100 45
New Zealand
Player Team Country Position Fantasy
Avg Fantasy
Total Actual
Points
Ben Franks
HUR New Zealand 1 - Prop - Loose 142 1280 5
Dane Coles
HUR New Zealand 2 - Hooker 237 2610 5
Jeffery Toomaga-Allen
HUR New Zealand 3 - Prop -Tight 160 1285 5
Jeremy Thrush
HUR New Zealand 4 - Lock 190 1905 5
Sam Whitelock
CRU New Zealand 5 - Lock 245 1965 0
Steven Luatua
BLU New Zealand 6 - Loose Blindside 192 1155 5
Luke Braid
BLU New Zealand 7 - Loose Openside 239 1915 0
Kieran Read
CRU New Zealand 8 - Loose Number 8 240 1445 0
Aaron Smith
HGH New Zealand 9 - Halfback 181 1815 20
Colin Slade
CRU New Zealand 10 - Fly-half 330 2310 106
Nemani Nadolo
CRU New Zealand 11 - Wing Left 326 1630 30
Ma'a Nonu
BLU New Zealand 12 - Centre Inside 238 1190 5
Malakai Fekitoa
HGH New Zealand 13 - Centre Outside 244 2200 25
Tim Nanai-Williams
CHF New Zealand 14 - Wing Right 242 1695 15
Ben Smith
HGH New Zealand 15 - Fullback 273 2735 15
Republished with permission of www.testrugby.com
http://www.testrugby.com/Rugby-Rant-View/6469-9e3ae4bb-f85d-4360-b652-70cbd40bdc63/
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