Team of the Week - Round 1

[TRF_Olyy]

Round 1 is over, so who's your team of the week?

Mine would be:

1. Domingo (FRA)
2. Servat (FRA)
3. Mas (FRA)
4. Davies (WAL)
5. Palmer (ENG)
6. Wood (ENG)
7. Dusatoir (FRA)
8. Harinordoquy (FRA)
9. Parra (FRA)
10. Flood (ENG)
11. Medard (FRA)
12. Davies (WAL)
13. Ansbro (SCO)
14. Ashton (ENG)
15. Foden (ENG)

16. Hartley (ENG)
17. Castrogiovanni (ITA)
18. Gray (SCO)
19. Parisse (ITA)
20. Youngs (ENG)
21. Trinh-Duc (FRA)
22. Fitzgerald (IRE)

In the 22:
8x France
7x England
2x Wales
2x Scotland
2x Italy
1x Ireland

 

[munstermuffin]

1. Domingo
2. Servat
3. Castro
4. Davies
5. Gray
6. Wood
7. Dusatoir
8. Harinordoquay
9. Parra
10. Trinh-Duc
11. Medard
12. Davies
13. Ansbro
14. Ashton
15. Foden

16. Hartley
17. Mas
18. Palmer
19. Parrisse
20. Youngs
21. Hook
22. Fitzgearld

 

[ZeFrenchy]

1. Domingo
2. Servat
3. Castrogiovanni
4. Davies
5. Palmer
6. Wood
7. Warburton
8. Parisse
9. Parra
10. Flood
11. Médard
12. Davies
13. Ansbro
14. Ashton
15. Fitzgerald

16. Hartley
17. Mas
18. Gray
19. Harinordoquy
20. Youngs
21. Hook
22. McLean


A few things:
- some positions were of rather poor performances in general (#7, #9 and #12 in particular).
- a few players in my list earn their spot out of lack of level of their competitors (in the positions mentioned, plus Ansbro and Ashton, who were miles away in level from their closest competitors)
- Dusautoir plays blindside for France. That both of you included him proves my point above.

 

[ZeFrenchy]

And also, I would love to have Harinordoquy in the XV, but Parisse was just too good.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Ah, I could've sworn Dusatoir was a 7!
In that case switch him and Wood around, as Wood's a 7 who was played at 6

 

[gingergenius]

1. Domingo
2. Hartley
3. Mas
4. Davies
5. Palmer
6. Dusautoir
7. Wood
8. Harinordoquy
9. Parra
10. Trinh-Duc
11. Medard
12. Flood
13. Ansbro
14. Ashton
15. Foden

put Flood to 12 cos FTD was fantastic too, and Davies was OK but doesn't really deserve a spot in team of the week...

 

[munstermuffin]

I knew that Dusatoir was moved on my team but he had fine game and I think as you noted no 7 was worth a spot.
If we were changing positions though then Hook would probably be put in at 12 for me but I resisted because he didn't play in centre but I think excluding France the standard in NH on show over weekend was poor