World XV for the AIs

[TRF_stormer2010]

15 Kurtley Beale (Aus)
14 George North (Wal)
13 Adam Ashley Cooper (Aus)
12 Ma'a Nonu (NZ)
11 Hosea Gear (NZ)
10 Dan Carter (NZ)
9 Ben Youngs (Eng)
8 Keiran Read (NZ)
7 Richie McCaw (NZ)
6 Jerome Kanio (NZ)
5 Victor Matfield (RSA)
4 Courtney Lawes (Eng)
3 Adam Jones (Wal)
2 Bismarck du Plessis (RSA)
1 Gethin Jenkins (Wal)

 

[gingergenius]

Team of the AIs:

1. Jenkins
2. du Plessis
3. Cole
4. Lawes
5. Matfield
6. Kaino
7. McCaw
8. Reid
9. Youngs
10. Carter
11. Gear
12. Mapusua
13. Ashley-Cooper
14. Jane
15. Beale

16. Mealamu
17. Jones
18. Thorn
19. Croft
20. Genia
21. Flood
22. Muliaina

 

[TRF_Cymro]

My 22 man squad;


3. A. Sheridan. See A.Jones
2. M. Rees. See A.Jones
1. A Jones. Gave Scrum lessons to the weaker SH teams in that department.

17. G. Jenkins. Toss up between him and Sheridan, Sheri got it for his overall dynacism

Really ... Jones is a Tighthead and Sheridan is a loose-head.

Sheridan was so poor during the AI it was unreal. Jenkins was a class above, hard not to pick him in front. Afoa / CJ Van Der Linde / Du Plessis were far better. Sorry but thats my opinion and in all honest I find it hard for anyone not to include Jenkins and Jones in front of anyone. Cole was good but I just feel those two edged and played well throughout a terrible Welsh AI campaign.

 

[_George]

AI XV:

I do support the ABs ...

15- Kurtley Beale AUS
14- Drew Mitchell AUS
13- Brian ODriscoll IRE
12- Maa Nonu NZ
11- Hosea Gear NZ
10- Dan Carter NZ
9- Ben Youngs ENG
8- Kieran Read NZ
7- Richie McCaw NZ
6- Juan Smith SA
5- Victor Matfield SA
4- Courtney Lawes ENG

Thats all i could think off .

 

[Peat]

Kaino has to be in the line-up. The ABs loose forwards were streaks ahead of the competition sorry guys.

Can't agree with this. They all played very well, but so did a number of other loosies and whats more they did it without as much help from the rest of the pack. Its easy to look good when you've got Thorn, Donnelly and Whitelock smashing all your rucks for you.

However when you look in front of you and see 5 big lumps of slow moving ****, which is how Pocock and Ferris must have felt at times, its a bit more difficult. And both had very good AIs. And there were others, albeit not as handicapped.

They deserve to be mentioned but are not automatic picks. I think only Adam Jones, Ben Youngs, Brad Thorn and Adam Ashley-Cooper are definite picks from the Autumn.