Rugby 2019 Discussion

arnie_ni

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He's been superb. I'd love to see him still at Connacht :D
He should be tbh. Didnt agree with ulster being forced to let pienaar go, but i guess ultimately the irfu have been right because cooney has improved markedly since he came up to ulster.
 

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Louis Rees-Zammit looks like a star in the making. Wales need to get him involved for the 6 nations
 

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Had a go at the team of the decade:

1. Beast
2. Coles
3. Franks
4. Retallick
5. Alun Wyn Jones
6. Pocock
7. McCaw
8. Reid
9. A. Smith
10. Carter
11. Savea
12. Nonu
13. J. Davies
14. North
15. B. Smith
 

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Love Ben Smith but Barrett has got to be in any team of the decade surely?
You could definitely have Barrett in there, just felt over the 10 years Ben Smith was almost impossible to leave out. Maybe move Smith to the wing for Savea/North and play Barrett at 15?
 

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You could definitely have Barrett in there, just felt over the 10 years Ben Smith was almost impossible to leave out. Maybe move Smith to the wing for Savea/North and play Barrett at 15?
My love for controversy would see me pick Naholo instead of Savea.
 

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That's.... bold!

Still only 28 as well
Yeah, picking Savea makes total sense when you think about his try scoring abilities during a relatively short period of times but watching Super Rugby Naholo is for me the most frightening winger when fit, before that it was Speight for a couple of seasons and currently Bridges is the one to look for.