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Crusaders absent from Super Rugby Team of the Season
By Sam Smith
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.
#SuperRugby Team of the Year: Agree or disagree the season stats have delivered a strong team on paper full details https://t.co/H1EmL2EifK pic.twitter.com/yA3heseDPO
— Super Rugby (@SuperRugby) August 9, 2017
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