Best of the Best 2017

Now the year of Rugby is over. And won't return till Feb 2018 for Super Rugby. I am curious what every ones top XV would be from NZ, SA, and OZ. 

1. Steven Kithsoff 2. Codie Taylor 3. Nepo Laulala 4. Sam Whitelock 5. Brodie Retalluck 6. Liam Squire 7. Sam Cane 8. Kieran Read 9. Will Genia 10. Beudan Barrett 11. Reiko Ioane 12. Kurtley Beale 13. Ryan Crotty 14. Israel Folau 15. Damian Mckenzie

Honourable Mentions

Props: Sekope Kepu, O Tunga'Fusi

Hooker: Malcom Marx

Locks: Scott Barrett, Eben Estebeth

Backrow: Michael Hooper, S Kolsi, V Fifita

Scrumhalve: A Smith

Flyhalve: B Foley

What a load of crud! Your team not having the world best hooker (Marx) and worlds best lock (Eben) gives away your bias 3 IQ

I wouldnt go for Genia, Beale or Mckenzie either. Bent Read was awful. You havea very infalted view of the wee ab loosies!

1. Steven Kithsoff 

2. Codie Taylor ??/ Malcolm Marx 

3. Coenie/ Wilco (Wilco is a real tight head scrummager, but Coenie was good earlier in the year). 

4. Eztebeth

5. Sam Whitelock

6. Sam Cane (open side)

7. Kolisi

8. Kieren Read.

9. Genitalia (has returned to form)

10. Holland Barrett 

11. Freiko Ioane 

12. Kurtley Beale 

13. Ryan Crotty 

14. .... No stand out

15. Israel Folau 

The Quota Invitational XV includes:

1. The Australian openside prop

2. ChillyBoy Rapelle

3. Dryer

4. SlackJaw Dejaeger/ An Australian lock

5. The other Australian lock

6.

7. Alberts

8.  Cassiem

9. Hougaard. A 12-year-old girl could pass better.

10. 

12. Damien Delande. (He appears to have forgotten how to play rugby)

13. Jessica Kriel. (A decent rugby player- but not a centre). Need to be on the wing or at 15 where he can use the extra time and space. 

14.Rhule. (The worst tackler to have played the game). 

15.Andries Clutzee (He looks increasingly shaky under the high ball, and appears to have forgotten how to pass)

11. 

Coach. Alister Coetzee. 

You are talking no nsense about Kriel

Hooper would have been my choice- but the Australian pack has been poor, with the tight forwards worse than the loosies. 

I have updated with Wilco as the preferred. 

Although Connie started the season very well- but he is certainly not the natural scrummager of Wilco. It is good to have a solid tighthead in the scrum. 

Kriel was to the Boks this year what Strauss was last year. A total passenger and needed to be dropped. 

He wasn't being picked on form, either for his club or the Boks. The only reason he remained there is because somehow people think he is a good player. He is not. Poor decision maker, poor defender, poor passer and only scores the most obvious of tries. Has he ever straightened the line in his entire life?

I don't think Mitchell will be caught up in the Kriel hype. 

Probably gonna be warming the bench most of March next year. Too right. At some point we need to stop picking players based on perceived reputation. Especially when they don't even have a reputation.

9.Faf 10.Pollard/Jantjies 11.Ismael 12. JSVR 13. Kwagga 14. Galant 15. Willie

Bench: Nkosi, Ismael, Voster, Am, Pollard/Jantjies

Living out his days in e xile: Kriel

A combined NZ, Aussie and SA team would be the All Black team.

Aussie Genia and Yarpie Marx would be the only non All Blacks on the bench.

Best of the best 2017 Springboks:

Kitshoff ... seems to become a more regular starter. Top quality player.

Marx ... best in the world?

Louw ... massive impressive.

These 3 can make the Boks front row a very competitive unit again and which may allow Pollard to play from the front foot.