AB player ratings ; rugby 366

Congrats to the Mighty ABs on 17 wins . Also congrats to England on their 3 tests. Well done , both teams will have benefited from this series. It was good to see that the AB tight 5 were rated highly in the press. I haven't seen the game yet so I will see for myself  llater. 

JW the ab tight 5 were completely outplayed in the second half so it's not looking good.
Beeno providing accurate information to kbbs not reading the signs properly.

 ...JW that performance silenced a lot of Crudens critics...ABs racking up 30 points in the first half and he gets a 6 ??  C'mon mate , awesome defending by Barret  but it's tries that win games... 

 Agree Brycy I thought Cruden  was very good, in a backline that was on fire. The running lines, skip passes and backing up were a joy to watch.

 Just watched the ABs v Poms game & the Boks v Wales game. Both fantastic but for different reasons. The ABs were clearly well above England in that game. Sure the second half saw the point differential narrow but the ABs showed their absolute class. It was a joy to watch (both backs & forwards). 
Glad Fekitoa did so well & if he gets his decision making on when to pass adjusted he will benefit the ABs even more . There were times when if he had passed it would have been a try. I am sure this will happen & in any case he is another great option for relieving Conrad.
Boks game was a thriller from beginning to end,

 That oak Ashton was it. Why didnt he cover his wing. Englands defensive strategy in the first half was a mystery. Once they sorted that out the dainty skip passes of the wee abs came to naught.The only try the wee abs scored was when England thought the game was over!!!

 I think the Poms were trying to apply pressure from outside in to try & stop the ball getting to the outside backs. It is hard to believe that Ashton is that stupid but maybe one of his swan dives dislodged his wee brain.
Good to see the ABs showing how to play the game of rugby, all 15 men working hard for each other with power, skill & speed. 
The boks have one skilled player so that is something to build on Beeno. There is cause for some optimism

 Ashton look pretty clueless to me - it was appalling really. All the Crude had to do was send out a long pass and a try was a certainty. But even after the first try was scored by Savea Ashton and co. still didnt learn. 
Lancaster to his credit sorted it out at half time. He also told the oaks to start playing and man was there a big change! The wee abs struggled to get out of their 22 and only repeated blunders by England saved them from defeat! 
JW I didnt much any power, skill or speed in the second half when England decided to play. Just saw the abs under the whip and England shooting themselves in the foot. 
I think the full England team is going to prove too much for the wee abs to handle.
Beeno presenting an inconvenient truth to the chest beating kbbs.  

 Those ratings are over the top. You dont get outplayed for a whole half and ge t that high a rating. Talk about hype!

Beeno, the ABs ratings are fine. We thank you for your interest. 
Boks received greatly inflated ratings of course, they were outplayed for the whole game. Rugby  365 were just being kind to you all - especially the poor wee tired forwards.  You will have noticed how all kiwi posters were also kind, we could have said so much

 @beeno,
"the ab tight 5 were completely outplayed in the second half"
"The wee abs struggled to get out of their 22 and only repeated blunders by England saved them from defeat!"

trolling again? or is just that you have no clue on what rugby is about?
There were 7 scrums in the second half, the first four were penalized for rolling them. The first one against England and the next 2 against the AB were correctly called but the 4th one also against the AB wasn't, the team going backwards was clearly England. The next one was introduced and won by the AB and the last 2 were introduced and won by England. Can not see any "outplayed".
Apart from the scrums, the starting tight 5 were great as they were last week playing all around the field as if they were loose forwards. Woodcock was inmense, the best game I've seen playing a prop in a long time. He was everywhere, carrying the ball, defending, really huge. The others were very solid and they are at this moment the best tight 5 of the world by far. They'll prove it again in the RC against the old, slow and tired springbok tight 5.

England dominated the first 10 minutes of the second half but the other 30 min. were dominated by the AB (eg, from the 50 min to the 65 they played in the English side of the field) though it wasn't reflected on the scoreboard and even the last 6 minutes played with 14 after a wrong call on Crockett (he never entered from the side in that maul) were dominated by the AB and finished with a deserved try.

I don't like to write this cuz I highly respect him but in this series when Mealamu has entered to the field the AB scrum passed from beeing dominant to struggle. Y esterday he had also a terrible day at the line-outs and I think it's time for him to be replaced. The problem is that there's not a clear sucessor for him. Coltman, Marshall and Harris seem to be in the race but no one has crearly emerged. I would add Ben Funell to this list, he's been playing very well this season and the next he'll probably will be playing as starter the whole season after Flynn's depart. If he gains some kg (as Coles did before this season) his game could be very benefited (as it was Coles' game) and if he focuses on what he does better, defensive effort and breakdowns (a very "Hore-like" hooker) he could get the AB's call.
Crockett has been very slow also and even his place in the saders team is in danger now Joe Moddy is back.

Great post Abasquefan. I am sure  we will receive a very intelligent response from Beeno