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Crusaders absent from Super Rugby Team of the Season

By Sam Smith
SANZAAR Super Rugby Team of the Year

SANZAAR has named their official Super Rugby Team of the Season for 2017 based on a range of player stats. No one from the champion Crusaders outfit has made the cut, and although the TOTS are a pretty strong side on paper, you wouldn't pick them to beat the men from Canterbury in a final.

Whatever algorithms they are applying to the numbers may be unreliable, or perhaps they're not even looking at the right kinds of numbers? Nevertheless, I would have picked Seta Tamanivalu in the 14 jumper any day of the week.