TOULON WON THEIR third straight European Cup at Twickenham last Saturday but there were plenty of other players who excelled over the course of the inaugural Champions Cup.
There were loads of tough omissions but these 15 players all made big contributions at key times for their teams.
15. Nick Abendanon
14. Chris Ashton
13. Mathieu Bastareaud
12. Ian Madigan
11. Bryan Habana
10. George Ford
9. Ben Youngs
1. Vincent Debaty
2. Jamie George
3. Carl Hayman
4. Jamie Cudmore
5. Devin Toner
6. Damien Chouly
7. Steffon Armitage
8. Billy Vunipola
What would your team look like?
Even when on the bench he didn’t get game time. The coach doesn’t like or trust him. Saturday once again showed just how wrong O’connor has been all season
O’Connor is just all wrong for Leinster.
He has a very big chance next season with Leinster during the World Cup, midfield won’t be as competitive so he should get a good run of matches.
Mark if Darcy doesn’t make the World Cup squad, he’ll play 12 with t’eo at 13. Then Madigan and sexton will be back so the midfield won’t be as easy to get into as you may think
That pop pass from O’Brien
Battle between him and Madigan for the 12 jersey next season.
It’s always to easy to see who coaches ‘just like/don’t like’. When Gopperth played badly it was ignored whereas when Madigan played mediocre or even if Reid played well decisions went against them.
It creates such a poisonous culture as some players start to feel entitled to spots and others feel it doesn’t matter how well they play they won’t get picked. Cody and Fergusson were masters at disregarding players identities and judging on match performance alone. MOC is such a stink manager.