1
Brodie Retallick, Maro Itoje leading charge to be named world's best lock by fans
By Online Editors
Fans worldwide have hit the polls on RugbyPass social media accounts to determine who are the best players on the planet as part of a new campaign called the Straight 8 Fan Vote.
The campaign is a fan-voted, three-round knockout tournament on RugbyPass' Facebook and Instagram accounts to decide who the best players on the globe are per position, which will ultimately culminate in a fan-picked World XV.
The first instalment of the series features eight of the world's top locks, who already have gone head-to-head in the quarter-final stage of the bracket.
Continue reading below...
Headlining the first match-up was England and British and Irish Lions star Maro Itoje, who dominated proceedings against Springboks second rower RG Snyman.
The new Honda Heat recruit, who moved to Japan's Top League after playing a key role in South Africa's World Cup-winning campaign last year, attained just 27 percent of the votes across both Facebook and Instagram.
Itoje's trophy-laden exploits with Saracens, England and the Lions have pitted him in a semi-final match-up with Irish powerhouse James Ryan, who dispatched New Zealand's Scott Barrett.
"6143929813001"]
Trending on RugbyPass
2
Women’s Six Nations: 4 things we learned in round one
3
Owen Farrell's English understudy makes Top 14 team of the week
4
Famous club back in National Leagues after winning promotion
5
Latest Comments
I said ‘essentially test match level’. Let me use slightly different language. So you address the point I was trying to make.
It’s a perfect example of a higher level game occurring during a regular season.
An ANZAC rugby test is the exact same concept. A higher level match in the middle of the Super Rugby season.
If the NRL can make three State of Origin games work in the NRL season. Rugby Australia and the NZRU. Can make one ANZAC test work in the Super Rugby season.
Go to commentsNeither is that fact true. Only 3 non NZ players are allowed in each squad.
Thats true but also deceptive JW. As an example NZ provided 39 NZ Born rugby players to Tonga and Samoa at the last WC. Yes teams are only 3 outsiders per SR team, but not one of those 39 players came under that law because they are NZers, so therefore not non-NZers, and they could play for any NZ SR side.
I dont know how they could stop that without further eligibility laws or maybe contractually.
However…. The last thing we really need is for PI rugby to die…..
Go to comments