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Johnny Sexton leading double World Cup winning NZ duo to be named player of the decade
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The All Blacks official Twitter account is urging fans to get behind their own greats of the game as World Rugby decides the player of the decade.
World Rugby is running a fan vote to decide the player of the decade, with the nominees, made up of all the players who won the Player of the Year award from 2011 to 2020.
World Rugby updated the results on Twitter saying Ireland's Jonathan Sexton currently leads voting ahead of Richie McCaw and Dan Carter.
Sexton, who won the Player of the Year award in 2018, has 22 percent of the votes.
All Blacks Beauden Barrett, Kieran Read and Brodie Retallick are also up for the award along with former French captain Thierry Dusautoir and last year's winner Pieter-Steph du Toi of South Africa.
New Zealand speedster Portia Woodman is also behind in the women's category. She sits third in current voting behind Emily Scarratt of England and France's Jessy Tremouliere.
At the end of last year, World Rugby ran a fan vote to reveal the player of the decade which came down to Carter v McCaw in the final with the first five-eighth winning out.
In the same voting format Sexton didn't get past the first round when put up against England rival Owen Farrell.
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Cane shouldn’t have been one last year, based purely on performances. Lakai is as close to a like for like of swap of Savea you’re ever likely to find, based on his short career so far at least. He has many of the same qualities - very strong ball carrier, great at the breakdown, and an absolute work horse on defence. I feel like he and Sititi could lead the way in the loose at the next WC.
I think we have become obsessed with replacing Kaino with someone exactly like him. Kaino was a perfect foil for the other loose forwards we had at the time. Based on the talent we have around at the moment those players could be made up in the aggregate by three players who are all exception all rounders - Lakai, Sititi, and Savea. Missing some height for sure but Sititi’s defensive work in the line out last year was phenomenal. He gets off the ground so quickly and was able to steal a couple of balls off the top of the springbok line out.
If our young locks coming through can actually stay fit long enough to get selected, it seems inevitable that Va’ai could end up in a hybrid 6/lock role.
Go to commentsWas strange game, full of errors and the usual refereeing decisions. Both teams suffered as a result but Ospreys discipline was a major factor. I think this weekend will be different as the Ospreys will pick a full strength team but Scarlets will gain confidence in the fact that only Tipuric was missing in the forwards and they dominated that pack for the whole 80 minutes. If they can repeat that dominance at scrum and breakdown then the Scarlets backs will always have more to offer on the front foot.
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