Autumn Internationals Team of the Week: Do you agree with our selection?
Top 10s/ListsSunday, 19 November 2017 at 17:42
Players from 10 countries make this week’s Autumn Internationals Team of the Week after a sensational weekend of games but who has made the team and who misses out.
RUCK POLL
Fullback: Stuart Hogg (Scotland)
Was a threat to the All Blacks all match with his cutbacks and exemplified the Scottish ambition and intent. Game leading 131 metres run, 16 carries, 2 clean breaks and five defenders beaten. Deserved to score in the final minute but was thwarted by Beauden Barrett’s brilliant last-ditch tackle.
Winger: David Sweetnam (Ireland)
The speedster has been keeping Andrew Conway out of the Munster team of late and his performance against Fiji proved why. Sweetnam touched down for Ireland's opener and he always looked dangerous with the ball on the right wing.
Centre: Huw Jones (Scotland)
Great battle with the All Blacks Ryan Crotty in midfield and probably just came out on top. Scored yet another sensational try and is building a world-class reputation.
Centre: Sonny Bill Williams (New Zealand)
Finally silenced his critic. Delicate and delicious grubber to set up Damian McKenzie and a trademark brilliant offload to spark Beauden Barrett’s sumptuous try. Along with all that the powerhouse centre made eleven tackles.
Winger: Rieko Ioane (New Zealand)
Not much action first quarter then burst into it big-time. Several great bursts through tacklers and good offloads. Created game's opening try in the 45th min with one of those runs then great vision to send a cut-out ball to put Taylor away in his left corner.
Fly-half: Anthony Belleau (France)
The 21-year-old playmaker scored a try, a penalty and two conversions on his home debut. He certainly looks the real deal!
Scrum-half: Danny Care (England)
The replacement scrum-half used his boot to set-up touch downs for Jonathan Joseph and Jonny May before crossing himself deep into stoppage-time. Quite the cameo.
Prop: Kane Hames (New Zealand)
Great effort at scrum-time, earning three penalties his way. Some good low charges close to the goal-line too. Returned for final 10 minutes with Crockett sin-binned and then put in a huge shunt to win a crucial penalty on goal-line against feed to seemingly end Scotland's chance of victory.
Prop: Levan Chilachava (Georgia)
This was a huge display from the Toulon powerhouse. He put the Wales scrum under serious pressure and defended resolutely with a few monstrous hits.
Lock: Joe Launchbury (England)
Eddie Jones knew exactly what he would get when recalling Joe Launchbury, namely tireless work all over the pitch. Ended the match with 17 tackles.
Lock: Courtney Lawes (England)
Started superbly in defence as he tackled everything in gold that moved. Good strong carry in the first half and shook up Beale with a monster hit on the full-back. Stole lineout ball from the Wallabies and was a real force out there.
Flanker: Dan Lydiate (Wales)
The man of the match for Wales against Georgia captained a very unexperienced XV to victory. Alongside his terrific leadership and energy, he was Wales’ top tackler by a country mile. Definitely staked a claim to start against the All Blacks next Saturday.
Flanker: Marcos Kremer (Argentina)
It's not hard to see why Argentina fans love Kremer. Still just 20-year-old, the 1.96m, 115kg lock imposed himself on Italy, sometimes bullying the much older Italian second rows. He's going to be one of the worlds best.
Number 8: Duane Vermeulen (South Africa)
Vermeulen wasn't part of South Africa's original squad for their European tour this month but came straight into the XV, making an immediate impact. His carrying and defence were key to the Boks securing a narrow win in France.
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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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