Jmanngod says...

who is Marcell Cotzee? seriously..I have never heard of him!

Posted 20:02 08th August 2012

jonesy2 says...

very tough to choose obviously but some glaring errors. .

genia is a no brainer even as a chiefs fan and i would even say smith over tee kay be as awesome as tee kay be is.

i assume youre just taking the urine with coetzee at 7 or maybe its a typo. obviously pocock, gill, todd and hooper come before him

again im guessing there is a mistake with pieterson at 14 over dom shipperley for one

Posted 14:59 08th August 2012

APV1 says...

@ daibok - I e-mailed the list immediately after the final whistle! Wouldn't want them being wasted down under!

Posted 13:55 08th August 2012

APV1 says...

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@ Rosbif - yep!

Posted 12:31 08th August 2012

pikes says...

Cant beleive Siya Kolisi is not even mentioned, imo a better allround player then Coetzee certainly far better then Hooper in this years S15 and Steven Kitshoff was better then Greyling in the end though was Ben Tameifuna better then both! Damn hypocrity of planetrugby's democracy

Posted 11:08 08th August 2012

Rosbif says...

@APV1. let me guess. somewhat overwhelmed by the number of mediocre players here hehehe?

Posted 10:31 08th August 2012

APV1 says...

Hmmm....

Posted 09:18 08th August 2012

markpat says...

Anyone even suggesting Genia should be the best 9 obviously didn't watch the first half of the season - he was absolutely appalling. Only when Cooper returned did he and the reds actuall do anything (even though Cooper himself didn't).

Perenara was probably the best #9 this season, with Kerr Barlow 2nd best. Genia maybe 3rd, although I thought both Ellis and Aaron Smith had better overall seasons, to be honest. To be fair to Genia, he is the better player and was probably the best #9 of the second half of the season, but he didn't have a good season overall.

Also, not sure you can give the #8 position to a player who missed about half the season. Over the whole season, Daniel was the better player.

Also, can't see Robinson being the 2nd best 15 when he failed to nail down a starting spot for most of the season.

Posted 08:46 08th August 2012

kpe12 says...

Solid team, not too many complaints.

Posted 03:43 08th August 2012

JayStarr says...

When I saw the headline of this article I thought "you're brave!" So to make sure I didn't fall into a trap of going "he wasn't the best!" I actually decided who I thought was the best before scrolling down to every position...

...And I agreed with nearly every one. I thought of two or three players who I thought it MUST be from, and with 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 7, 6, 5, 4, 2 and 1 it was all my no.1 choices! So well done.

BUT... Dean Greyling at 3!? He's been playing no.1 almost every game this season! And he was a walking penalty (and played dirty) - he shouldn't be anywhere near this team! Jannie du Plessis and the Franks brothers were by far the most consistent tightheads.

And as for Kerr-Barlow - very good scrummie, but had some brilliant games and some anonymous ones. Aaron Smith was consistently quality - certainly the best passing game - but for me the standout was TJ Perrenara. How you could miss both of them is a mystery. However, Genia should probably get it - he practically played opposition teams by himself the whole season. Perrenara 2nd.

Otherwise, well done! Finally got it right!

Posted 02:24 08th August 2012