TEAM OF THE tournament selections are the most subjective thing in sports. Especially in this Six Nations, you could go through every position 1-15 and make an argument for two or three players.
But Stephen Jones, the Sunday Times rugby writer who always riles Irish fans with his hot takes, has picked a beautifully divisive team in today’s paper.
How he managed to squeeze in four Italians, we will never know…
15. Halfpenny (Wales)
14. Sarto (Italy)
13. Joseph (England)
12. Henshaw (Ireland)
11. Nowell (England)
10. Ford (England)
9. Gori (Italy)
1. Marler (England)
2. Ghiraldini (Italy)
3. Mas (France)
4. AW Jones (Wales)
5. Charteris (Wales)
6. O’Mahony (Ireland)
7. Warburton (Wales)
8. Parisse (Italy)
No O’Connell is eyebrow raising but as Neil Tracey pointed out, the inclusion of Mas is a fairly ridiculous.
For what its worth, here is The42′s effort…
I wonder will it be as good as the Middleweight fight of Froch V Groves 2, which tool place in front of 80,000 people at Wembley. Not many people know that, Froch is very hesitant to mention it.
@Johnny: that wasn’t at middleweight
@Gareth: Super-Middleweight has the word Middleweight in it, so i stand by my comment haha to many branches of divisions these days all for the sake of 3 or 4 pounds.
@Johnny: these days lol
@Johnny: theres an 8 pound difference between middle and super middle
@Cathal Scully: In the lower weight classes there’s 4/5 lb difference in some, my point about weight classes wasn’t directed specifically at Middleweight. Jesus, a man can put a smart comment up here without getting dogs abuse! Haha
Great fights, felt Hagler did enough to win against SRL, Hagler-Hearns was quality
I’m going for Canelo on points, or possibly a late stoppage. I believe he has superior boxing skills, he’s the younger man and he’s the better all round fighter.