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Laumape, De Allende, Aki all miss out as fans pick finalists in vote for world's best No. 12
By Online Editors
Some of rugby’s biggest names have failed to make it to the final round of a global fan-voted campaign to determine the best inside centre on the planet.
Punters worldwide have 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.
Seven instalments of the campaign have already passed, with South Africa dominating proceedings through victories to the likes of hooker Malcolm Marx, flanker Pieter-Steph du Toit, No. 8 Duane Vermeulen and wing Cheslin Kolbe.
That quartet of Springboks are set to be joined in the winner’s circle by either former Wallabies bruiser Samu Kerevi and England captain Owen Farrell.
The pair have qualified for the final round of voting for the inside centre knockout bracket after dispatching a host of world-class players in the first and second rounds.
Kerevi opened his campaign with a dominant 75 percent winning margin over Irish star Robbie Henshaw, and has since followed it up with a tighter 55 percent victory over All Blacks enforcer Ngani Laumape.
The Hurricanes second-five had previously fought off the challenge of French midfielder Gael Fickou in the opening round, but just couldn't sway enough of the public against Kerevi to see him through to the final.
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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.
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