6 Nations Team of the Tournament

by **George Carlin** Sun Mar 22, 2015 7:36 am

First topic message reminder :

My gaff, my rules:
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1. This is just a bit of fun.
2. Specialists chosen only in their positions please.
3. Aggregate tournament form should be the determining factor - consistency over all matches is the thing.

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01. Eddy Ben Arous (France)
02. Rory Best (Ireland)
03. Mike Ross (Ireland)
04. Paul O'Connell (Ireland)(c)
05. Alun Wyn Jones (Wales)
06. Peter O'Mahony (Ireland)
07. Chris Robshaw (England)
08. Billy Vunipola (England)

09. Conor Murray (Ireland)
10. Jonathon Sexton (Ireland)
11. Jack Nowell (England)
12. Jamie Roberts (Wales)
13. Jonathan Joseph (England)
14. George North (Wales)
15. Stuart Hogg (Scotland)

16. Joe Marler (England)
17. Scott Baldwin (Wales)
18. Dan Cole (England)
19. Luke Charteris (Wales)
20. Sam Warbuton (Wales)
21. Ben Youngs (England)
22. George Ford (England)
23. Leigh Halfpenny (Wales)

Honorable mentions:
Rhys Webb (Wales)
Robbie Henshaw (Ireland)
Bernard Le Roux (France)
Devin Toner (Ireland)
Tommy O'Donnell (Ireland)
Joshua Furno (Italy)
Dan Lydiate (Wales)
Scott Spedding (France)
Courtney Lawes (England)

by **George Carlin** Mon Mar 23, 2015 1:33 pm

funnyExiledScot wrote:In a break with tradition I actually agree completely with the OP's proposition for team of the tournament.

by spaynter Mon Mar 23, 2015 2:42 pm

1. Marler - Only LHP to start every game.
2. Best
3. Cole - He and Ross started every game.
4 - AWJ
5 - POC
6 - POM
7 - Robshaw (SOB if he'd been on the field longer)
8 - Vunipola
9 - Gori - Totally subjective, but I think he did brilliantly given the kicking his forwards got throughout.
10 - Biggar (Sexton if he'd been on the field longer)
11 - Willams
12 - Henshaw
13 - Joseph
14 - Bowe (played every minute, solid if not spectacular)
15 - Hogg

16 - Guirardo
17 - Ben Arous
18 - Ross
19 - Toner
20 - Warburton
21 - Youngs
22 - Ford
23 - Davies

by madmaccas Wed Mar 25, 2015 2:31 pm

Stuart Barnes has picked his team of the tournament. His commentary drives me mad, but he does know his stuff and is supposed to be a one man stat machine.

15 Leigh Halfpenny
14 Yoann Huget
13 Jonathan Joseph
12 Alex Dunbar
11 Liam Williams
10 Johnny Sexton/George Ford
9 Ben Youngs

1 Joe Marler
2 Guilhem Guirado
3 Dan Cole
4 Alun Wyn Jones
5 Paul O’Connell
6 Peter O’Mahony
7 Sam Warburton
8 Taulupe Faletau

Some surprising choices in there, notably Faletau, Guirado and Dunbar.

http://www1.skysports.com/rugby-union/news/12062/9772614/stuart-barnes-reflects-on-an-incredible-six-nations-finale-and-picks-his-team-of-the-tournament

by madmaccas Wed Mar 25, 2015 2:40 pm

Oh and here's the Official 'Team of the 6 Nations' based on Accenture's statistical analysis.

Top 3 in each position:

Full-back

1. Stuart Hogg (Scotland)

2. Rob Kearney (Ireland)

3. Scott Spedding (France)

Right wing

1. Tommy Bowe (Ireland)

2. Yohann Huget (France)

3. Anthony Watson (England)

Outside centre

1. Jonathan Joseph (England)

2. Jared Payne (Ireland)

3. Jonathan Davies (Wales)

Inside centre

1. Robbie Henshaw (Ireland)

2. Jamie Roberts (Wales)

3. Alex Dunbar (Scotland)

Left wing

1. Jack Nowell (England)

2. Liam Williams (Wales)

3. Noa Makaitaci (France)

Outside-half

1. George Ford (England)

2. Dan Biggar (Wales)

3. Finn Russell (Scotland)
Scrum-half

1. Conor Murray (Ireland)

2. Rhys Webb (Wales)

3. Greig Laidlaw (Scotland)

Loosehead

1. Alasdair Dickinson (Scotland)

2. Jack Mcgrath (Ireland)

3. Joe Marler (England)

Hooker

1. Leonardo Ghiraldini (Italy)

2. Guilhem Guirado (France)

3. Ross Ford (Scotland)

Tighthead

1. Dan Cole (England)

2. Martin Castrogiovanni (Italy)

3. Mike Ross (Ireland)

Second row (4)

1. Luke Charteris (Wales)

2. George Biagi (Italy)

3. Dave Atwood (England)

Second row (5)

1. Jonny Gray (Scotland)

2. Alun Wyn Jones (Wales)

3. Paul O'Connell (Ireland)
Blindside flanker

1. Peter O’Mahony (Ireland)

2. James Haskell (England)

3. Thierry Dusautoir (France)

Openside flanker

1. Chris Robshaw (England)

2. Sam Warburton (Wales)

3. Bernard Le Roux (France)

Number eight

1. Billy Vunipola (England)

2. Sergio Parisse (Italy)

3. Taulupe Faletau (Wales)

by **LondonTiger** Wed Mar 25, 2015 2:48 pm

Interesting that the Accenture stats made Ben Youngs one of the 12 best players overall, but not one of the best 3 SHs

by madmaccas Wed Mar 25, 2015 3:02 pm

LondonTiger wrote:Interesting that the Accenture stats made Ben Youngs one of the 12 best players overall, but not one of the best 3 SHs

Yeah I wonder how they calculate it, presumably it must be based on positional stats?!

by madmaccas Wed Mar 25, 2015 3:05 pm

Very surprised by this, if only Scotland's other 12 players were half as good!

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by **George Carlin** Wed Mar 25, 2015 3:32 pm

madmaccas wrote:Very surprised by this, if only Scotland's other 12 players were half as good!

Don't expect Scottish players to be praised on these boards. Are you mad, man?

by SecretFly Wed Mar 25, 2015 3:45 pm

That can't be right though - after all, Scottish players were on a team that had no wins. You can't have good players on a non-winning team - it's scandalous and probably libellous to even suggest it.

I think Accenture will be getting a solicitor's letter from some irate pundits.

by **George Carlin** Wed Mar 25, 2015 3:56 pm

SecretFly wrote:That can't be right though - after all, Scottish players were on a team that had no wins.
You can't have good players on a non-winning team - it's scandalous and probably libellous to even suggest it.

Definitely - just think of the ludicrous selections you would have for a Lions squad if you started to acknowledge things like that... Whistle

by **LondonTiger** Wed Mar 25, 2015 4:00 pm

George Carlin wrote:
SecretFly wrote:That can't be right though - after all, Scottish players were on a team that had no wins.
You can't have good players on a non-winning team - it's scandalous and probably libellous to even suggest it.
Definitely - just think of the ludicrous selections you would have for a Lions squad if you started to acknowledge things like that...

Good job Gatland went with his hunches then Run

by **George Carlin** Wed Mar 25, 2015 6:48 pm

LondonTiger wrote:
George Carlin wrote:
SecretFly wrote:That can't be right though - after all, Scottish players were on a team that had no wins.
You can't have good players on a non-winning team - it's scandalous and probably libellous to even suggest it.
Definitely - just think of the ludicrous selections you would have for a Lions squad if you started to acknowledge things like that...

Good job Gatland went with his hunches then

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