Rugby.com are doing a Super Rugby Team of the decade, starting off with the Reds. Looking forward to their Force Team.
https://www.rugby.com.au/news/2019/1...ds1X7sCW6m1srY
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Rugby.com are doing a Super Rugby Team of the decade, starting off with the Reds. Looking forward to their Force Team.
https://www.rugby.com.au/news/2019/1...ds1X7sCW6m1srY
#11 could be interesting. Davis or Morahan?
If it's a super rugby team of the decade, it has to be morahan
Either way morahan for me.
... are we even sure we'll get a look in?
Yeah, I doubt they'll even bother to produce a team for us.
We could do our own. My initial thoughts would be:
1. Kieran Longbottom
2. Nathan Charles (although Heath Tessman would run him close)
3. Pek Cowan (who else?)
4. Adam Coleman
5. Nathan Sharpe
6. Angus Cottrell
7. Matt Hodgson
8. Ben McCalman
9. Ian Prior (for me, just edging Brett Sheehan and Alby Mathewson)
10. Andrew Deegan (for me, just edging Sias Ebersohn, Jono Lance and Peter Grant - we've not had a long-term 10 that I can recall)
11. Luke Morahan
12. Kyle Godwin
13. Marcel Brache
14. Nick Cummins
15. Dane Haylett-Petty
Pocock only play for 3 seasons in the decade, so Hodgo beats him.
Sharpe also only played for 3 seasons, but did we ever have another lock so dominant?
Well, seeing as we are naming a team of the decade in 2019, I'm assuming that for the purposes of the conversation, the decade is being defined as 1st January 2010 to 31st December 2019 (and yes, I do know that's wrong, but it *is* consistent with when the millennium celebrations were held!)
So Sharpe, Pocock and Cam Shepherd played in 2010, 2011 & 2012 (IIRC) which gives them 3 seasons each.
And I'm considering the 2018 & 2019 seasons of the Force in my team, because I can then put Deegan in there, and Prior beats out Sheehan and Mathewson. If I stopped the Force team of the decade in 2017 with the axing from Super Rugby, I'd have to re-assess, and I don't want to do that because it wasn't our fault we got axed.
From back in 2015 - https://twf.com.au/showthread.php?t=...ghlight=decade
Western Force Team of the Decade (Official)
1. Pek Cowan,
2. Brendan Cannon,
3. Kieran Longbottom,
4. Sam Wykes,
5. Nathan Sharpe (c),
6. Matt Hodgson,
7. David Pocock,
8. Ben McCalman,
9. Alby Mathewson,
10. Matt Giteau,
11. Nick Cummins,
12. Scott Staniforth,
13. Ryan Cross,
14. Drew Mitchell,
15. Cameron Shepherd.
TWF TOTD
1. Pek Cowan
2. Tai McIssac
3. Kieran Longbottom
4. John Welborn
5. Nathan Sharpe
6. Matt Hodgson
7. David Pocock
8. Ben McCalman
9. Alby Matthewson
10. Matt Giteau
11. Nick Cummins
12. Scott Staniforth
13. Ryan Cross
14. James O'Connor
15. Cameron Shepherd
16. AJ Whalley
17. Nathan Charles
18. Richard Brown
19. Adam Coleman
20. Steve Mafi
21. Chris O'Young
22. David Smith
23. Drew Mitchell