"10/10" - Every home nations BEST and WORST players in their series decider
Rugby NewsSaturday, 16 July 2022 at 21:57
We’ve decided to give everybody a little review of the summer internationals by deciding who has been each home nations best and worst player in the final weekend of fixtures.
WEEKEND RESULTS:
- New Zealand 22-32 Ireland
- Australia 17-21 England
- South Africa 30-14 Wales
- Argentina 34-31 Scotland
IRELAND
BEST PLAYER: Tadhg Beirne
JOE- 10/10: "Won a huge penalty inside his 22, at the breakdown... again. Made a THIRD turnover, and second inside his 22, on 73 minutes. Then made a FOURTH, on 75."
BALLS - 9/10: "His penalty win in the 58th minute was vital moment that stopped New Zealand momentum at a vital time and again come up with 3 epic moments in the last 8 minutes when his team’s backs were against the wall."
Irish Times 10/10: "Two trademark penalty turnovers at the breakdown, another turnover forced with a beautifully timed counter-ruck, 18 tackles and huge work-rate on both sides of the ball. Outstanding and a display for the ages."
Independent 10/10: "Another staggeringly great game from the 30-year-old, he was a menace to all those wearing black. With Ireland under the pump, he came up with three game-changing moments at the breakdown."
WORST PLAYER: Mack Hansen
JOE - 7/10: "Early knock-on, but did not affect him as he claimed the next steepler. Had a kick up the line blocked down by Sevu Reece. Stepped by Akira Ioane for his try. "
Balls - 7/10: "Targeted in the air early by New Zealand and struggled. Some great attacking involvements with some crisp passing. "
Independent - 7/10: "Failed to stop Ioane’s score but the damage had already been done."
ENGLAND
BEST PLAYER: Courtney Lawes
Telegraph - 9/10: "Quality turnover from the England captain to win a penalty and overall just relentlessly physical, helping to disrupt Australia’s mauls and rucks. A late turnover when Australia were threatening was vital."
Rugby Pass - 9/10: "Simply inspirational – England’s skipper won penalties over the ball, turnovers in mauls and plenty of lineout ball in addition to leading the tackle count with 15."
WORST PLAYER: Danny Care
Telegraph 4/10: "Charged down 20 seconds in by Frost but box-kicking improved. Koroibete thundered through him on one run and after 37 minutes Eddie Jones had enough, hooking him with no injury."
Inews 4/10: "Brutally hooked after 36 minutes for Jack van Poortvliet but it was hard to argue with Jones’ reasoning given the veteran’s poor first half, when he had his first box kick charged down, looked too eager to kick away and was flattened by Koroibete."
Rugby Pass 5.5/10: "Unceremoniously hooked by Jones shortly before the break after a mixed display in which he was unable to conjure much from some scrappy possession."
Mail Online 3/10: "Could be his last game in an England shirt after having kick charged down and being replaced on 37 minutes."
WALES
BEST PLAYER: George North
Wales Online - 8/10: " Sent a handoff the way of Cheslin Kolbe as the big man popped up more in attack in first 20 minutes than he had in the first two Tests in their entirety. Also defended stoutly."
Rugby Pass 8/10: "Made two huge breaks in the lead-up to Reffell’s try and was rock solid in defence."
WORST PLAYER: Dillon Lewis
Wales Online- 4/10: "Penalised at scrum midway through opening half and incurred the ref’s wrath twice more in opening 30 minutes. No impact with ball in hand, didn't reappear for second half. Not a great day, then."
Rugby Pass 2/10: "At the start of the game, it became very clear that the Boks finally had Lewis’ number. Gave away a lot of penalties. Correctly subbed at half-time."
SCOTLAND
BEST PLAYER: Duhan van de Merwe
WORST PLAYER: Rufus McLean
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- Jordie Barrett over Damian de Allende is far from being correct. The hype around Dupont is also overreaching, he's probably 4th in the world and has been since the 2023 WC. He also avoids certain matchups which is strange. The rest of the list is pretty good apart from minor subjective biases.JasonMarlow16-09-2026
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