Dave Savea is over rated.
Marx has to be on that list.
Dave Savea is over rated.
Marx has to be on that list.
No Beeno he is not overrated he is a class act - so hard to contain
A no 8 who has scored 24 test tries ............. what's that?
About triple deAllende's total.
It’s not my list
Who did he score tries against and how many?
Eben is my no. 1
Agreed Draad
‘Bandi’ Aki?
Those were the list of 5 players nominated by the various unions to be cionsiudered by the committee appointed by Word Rugby to pick as Player of the Year for 2023. Dave is right - it is not his list. Bundi Aki was notminated by Ireland - South Africa nominated Etzebeth. .
Despite Mozart's 2019 allegations that only the winners of the WC would be picked for that honor in WC years -Savea rightfully got the award for rugby peformance throughout the whiole 2023 rugby year and was the right choice. Etzebeth fully deserve th e nomination - but did not get the support of the 8 member selection committee even though th e AB's did not win the WC. Etzebeth was possibly not supporrted by the Committee after failure of the Springboks line-outs in the final. .
Eben got us over the line in our most important match of the RWC vs France...probably the best RWC match in history...
Agree with you about Etzebeth's perfomance in th French test but h ave reservations about it being the best match in RWC history.
By the way De Allende scored a try in the French test as well - but he is condemned completly by the site rugby experts. 
de Allende also set up the Eben try against France with his kick deep into the French 22
Class act
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