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Best of the best: Fans leave Maro Itoje, Eben Etzebeth as last players standing in vote for world's best lock
By Online Editors
The fans have voted and only two locks are left standing in the race to become the world's best lock.
Punters worldwide hit the polls on RugbyPass' Facebook and Instagram accounts as part of the Straight 8 Fan Vote campaign to decide the planet's best players in each position, as voted by the fans.
After the first round of voting held earlier this week, only four second rowers remained, as England and British and Irish Lions representative Maro Itoje faced off against Irish powerhouse James Ryan.
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The all-European clash ended in a landslide victory for Itoje, whose efforts internationally and at club level with Saracens won him 73 percent of the votes across all platforms.
With two Six Nations, two Grand Slams, four Premierships, three European Champions Cups, 38 England tests, three British and Irish Lions tests and a World Rugby breakthrough player of the year accolade to his name, it will take plenty to stop Itoje from running away with the crown.
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I think you're misunderstanding the fundamentals of how negotiations work, thinking the buyer has all the power. To look at just one rule of negotiation, the party with options has an advantage. I.e. if you are an international 10 with a huge personal brand, you have no shortage of high-paying job opportunities. Counter that to NZR who are not exactly flush with 10s, BB has a lot of leverage in this negotiation. That is just one example; there are other negotiation rules giving BB power, but I won't list them all. Negotiation is a two-way street, and NZR certainly don't hold all the cards.
Go to commentssorry woke up a bit hungover and read "to be fair" and entered autopilot from there, apologies
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