Team of the Week - July Rugby Tests 2024 - Week 2 

Saffa here… well done to Ireland. Impressive fight. A true clash of titans and Ireland showed they too like the Boks will not back down. Clinching the win in the dying seconds was heartbreaking as Bok supporter, but can only imagine how ecstatic that must have felt for Irish supporters… great display of rugby and so exciting to see the good state international Rugby is in. ☘️🇿🇦

I thought Jamie Osborne was massive for Ireland. That is a deserved team for the weekend's tests.

So proud of the Irish performance & a big thank you to all the other nations for the recognition!

It is such a great time in international rugby.

Kiwi here. The Irish win was very impressive.

pollard in a losing effort made us all remember why we win most our games with 8/8 kicks

Conor Murray deserves an HM for sure

Osborne at 15 for Ireland was amazing . He normally plays 12.

Thought Pollard deserved the start for scoring all 28 points for SA. Kelliher line out was iffy but was a monster around the park

When I think of Ireland 🇮🇪 I almost get a semi.Congrats. The green kant won, but not by 16 points, so no:1 in the world is still Springboks.

1 SA 1 Irl player in your team for the game of the year strange. You must not have even watched the game

Kelleher had 89% lineout success and had a massive game

A nice☘ win in SA. Last gasp successful drop goals win thight games. Jonny W started the trend in major Internatonals, in the pro-era, in '23😊🏴‍☠☘ France U20's were superb.

Hey man, quick question. Which website are you using to get your stats? I seem to remember Amazon doing spor stats but couldn't find any rugby ones. Great video as always. I can only imagine how messed up your sleep schedule is. Cheers.

And you missed Spain nearly beating Samoa

A shame there’s no 3rd test RSA V Ireland but I’m not sure my little heart could take the stress. Very happy with that win ☘️ Some v competitive NH v SH games overall the last couple of week. Reckon that’s a very fair team of the week

The only welsh man in the team plays for England :(

Could you send beauden over to Leinster with his brother. 😊

Did you count Beauden's double kick as one or two kicks?

Great test matches and amazing team of the week. Thank you!

Good stuff. Great win Ireland

Bobby V had an amazing game as well

Normally I agree with most of your picks Mark, but this is your worst team by far!😂 Firstly Argentina were playing a French B/C team who beat them in the first test. No performance against such an inexperienced team should be on this list. Nouchi of France, should be there, he went up a level. No Australian, playing what is the worst Wales team in years should be on the list, particularly that, as bad as they were, they nearly came back and beat them. Anyone can look good against very weak opposition. B. Barrett is an ok choice. Rather than making an even longer comment, more All Blacks, Boks and Irish should be on the list. Most of the list includes players who played against a junior team, and a team who are, let's not be pc here, absolute useless at the moment. Who do I agree with 100%? George, Nché, Ryan, Nouchi, Doris, B. Barrett, Osborne. Feyi-Waboso. That's it. I know it's about individual performance but I do believe that you have to take the quality of the opposition into account. A player is always going to look good against poor opposition. I'd scratch Argentinians and Australians, they didn't play world class opposition so performances are affected too much. I'd replace those 6 with Irish, Boks, and AB's. The worst ommission though was Conor Murray, he bossed the game, scored a try for the second time in 2 weeks against the world champions at home in South Africa. He should be in the scrum half slot.

I know the baby blacks, just lost the semi, but would be good if you could cover the final, looks like it'll be a good game.

Daugunu was my highlight, kellaway i felt like maybe deserved a spot

Didn't B Barret come in as a 15?

Good picks as usual, but kind of surprised you didn't consider Pollard (even in the Honourable Mentions). 100% kicks, 8 out of 8. His kicking was the reason SA were back in the game and actually got into the winning position. Seems like he was worth at least a mention, right?

What about Maro Itoje he was outstanding and super in the lineouts best forward on the park , up there with the best locks in the world , I think he’s number one lock. You didn’t even mention him at all very surprising

Lots of discussion for weeks regarding who Farrell would select at full back in Keenans absence, lots of names coming up, but not Osborne's, his debut playing out of position against the no. 1 team! Thought he was the player of the series, interesting to see who plays 15 next game out.

I confess my surprise that only three Irish and one Saffa made that team

Lot of standouts from this past weekend.

I agree with most of your choices, but I would have had Murray as your number 9. Only 3 Irish in your team, despite being the only NH team to win away from home, and in the backyard of the back-to-back World championships - that doesn't seem to reflect the achievement. Some of your choices were from teams playing other teams where both are at a significantly lower level than SA and Ireland. But, as they say, it's all about opinions!

Wobblies should not be considered, playing the Welsh at the moment makes anyone look decent.

The argies beat a second / third string French team and the Aussies beat Wales.. they have nearly half the team of the week 😂 there was only 2 real test matches happening

Ciaran Frawley at 10… otherwise good team

Great video TC.

Hard to pick a very impressive Beauden -v- Frawley, what cojones. The other Barrett, solid performance shouldn't make the Team - you'd have to pick the two Irish centres who completely contained a very good Saffa mid field.

Some big games over the last couple of weekends. But not much movement in the rankings. Any chance you could explain?

Murray or Mitchell at 9 surely

Some really close and exciting games from these series!

Jordie is a myth! At least 4 missed tackles. Terrible pass to no one that put us under pressure. Where can I find his match stats to confirm or not?

Nouchi Where dud he cone from!

Thaw was the worst tierlist ever honestly.

Barrett played fullback not fly half

Hi you tuber, how can I as a bot more efficiently mimic hu-man behavior?

BB replaced Perofeta at fullback. Didn't come on as a 10.

Itoje?

Doris is like an NFL running back 4 yards a carry good stats in NFL

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Frawley not in😮.

Im Irish and picking Ryan is an interesting one. I don't think he's good enough to even start for us anymore. Second row will be Beirne and McCarthy with Baird at 6.

Pity Frans Malherbe is such s slouch and the SA locks are looking powder puff in both tests.

Faf DK was best player on the park on Saturday.

Thanx for officials,specially tmo for awarding a straight out off hand kick for a dropgoal....that stole the win again from sboks...same as they stole 2022 irish and french match only diff 2022 was bout 10 or more ,2024 2nd test is the elegal kick for a dropgoal...🤷‍♂️

Mark mate im all for a fellow making an honest living and commend you for that, your quick informative and overall pretty good. Im saying this sincerely though man , when it comes to analysing the games can you not bring your kids into it , i mean we get it there in bed its late over there when certain matches are on ,i just dont like that part to your game its not really needed. We come to listen to you , bringing your kids into it for some admiration or incebtive isnt class. Once or twice perhaps but not the amount you do it. Slainte from Ireland

James Ryan looks so Irish, I bet he came out of his mom and looked the same as her on day one 😂

The lower limb leg dive cancel anything good Doris has done in the game. It is against the spirit of the game. He should be sited and removed from ever playing rugby again! 😳🤮