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Top 15 Must Have Player Faces For Each Country

Just look at the international starting xv's for each country, and a few additional extras and your golden. For example if I was going to do England, I would pick the starting team from the game against australia at Twickenham, then add the subs and maybe a few saxons i.e Billy Twelvetrees, Joe Marler (yes i know i bum him)
 
i think all super 15 players should have their own likenesses...lookin forward to the game glen thanx and please do a good job with licenses
 
Pacific Island Team 2010

1. Census Johnston
2. Kisi Pulu
3. Justin Va'a
4. Paino Hehea
5. Filipo Levi
6. Nili Latu
7. Finau Maka (vc)
8. Sisa Koyamaibole

9. Mosese Rauluni (c)
10. Seremaia Bai (kicker)
11. Rupeni Caucaunibuca
12. Vilimoni Delasau
13. Seru Rabeni
14. Sailosi Tagicakibau
15. Gavin Williams

Replacements:
16. Viliame Veikoso
17. Tonga Lea'aetoa
18. Daniel Leo
19. George Stowers
20. Tusi Pisi
21. Seilala Mapusua
22. Kameli Ratuvou
 
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Tonga 2010:

1 Tonga Lea'aetoa
2 Ephraim Taufaka
3 Soane Tonga'uiha
4 Paino Hehea
5 Emosi Kauhenga
6 Tukulua Lokotu
7 Finau Maka (c)
8 Opeti Fonua

9 Samisoni Fisilau (kicker)
10 Kurt Morath
11 Viliami Helu or
12 Andrew Ma'ilei
13 Alaska Taufa
14 Mateo Malupo
15 Vunga Lilo

Replacements:
16 Ilaisa Maasi
17 Ofa Fainga'anuku or Kisi Pulu
18 Lisiate Fa'aoso
19 Ueleni Fono or Samiu Vahafolau
20 Thomas Palu
21 Soane Havea
22 Kaiongo Tupou or Manu Ahotaeiloa
 
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well if Jamie Roberts resembles Quagmire (Family guy) and Adam Jones looks like a big bushy Hair bear i'll be happy :D :D As long as standout players resemble their real life counterparts then i'll be content. Starting 15's for (at least) the top 10 international teams is a must :D (no pressure :p)
 
New Zealand

1. Tony Woodcock
2. Keven Mealamu
3. Owen Franks
4. Brad Thorn
5. Sam Whitelock
6. Liam Messam
7. Richie Mccaw
8. Kieran Read
9. Piri Weepu (or jimmy perhaps, its a toughie. Cant forget alby either!)
10. Dan Carter
11. Hosea Gear
12. Sonny Bill Williams (controversial maybe but i think him and Smith link up well and cover all bases)
13. Conrad Smith
14. Corey Jane
15. Israel Dagg (I think once hes back from injury he will push mils out, he brings something unique to the game, which we all know)
 
Well, both Nonu and Smith are the best centre pairing in the world, and Smith is having his best ever time in the AB's. Ranger has played 20 minutes of ABs and SBW hasn't even played in the S14 yet. I think EA would be made to look stupid putting them in instead of Nonu or Smith. I tend to think you haven't seen SBW play Unions other than maybe the odd clip, so I don't know how you're guessing he's going to over take Nonu.

Ignorant?
He has already showed he can perform a lot better than Nonu. Ive seen every single game SBW has played, he is improving with every game. You know that too, you're just one of those guys who likes to cut down the tall poppies. Typical.
 
Ignorant?
He has already showed he can perform a lot better than Nonu. Ive seen every single game SBW has played, he is improving with every game. You know that too, you're just one of those guys who likes to cut down the tall poppies. Typical.
Nick said that before SBW returned to NZ - So had only been playing in France.
What with time differences and all that, I'm presuming a lot of NZ fans don't see a lot of the Top 14, so it's not an outrageous assumption to make - I wouldn't expect, for example, South Africans to watch every single Aviva Premiership match
 
IRELAND
1:cian healy
2:jerry flannery
3:mike ross
4:donnacha o'callaghan
5: paul o' connell
6:stephen ferris
7:sean o'brian
8:jamie heaslip
9:thomas o'leary
10:johnny sexytime
11:luke fitzgerald
12:gordon d'arcy
13:brian o'driscoll
14:tommy bowe
15:rob kearney

SUBS

1:mick o'driscoll
2:andrew trimble
3:keith earls
4:ronan o'gara
5:shane horgan

IRE
subs = HORGAN,RONAN O'GARA,ANDREW TRIMBLE, KEITH EARLS,SHANE JENNINGS
 
Wales

01 - Gethin Jenkins
02 - Matthew Rees
03 - Adam Jones
04 - Alun Wyn Jones
05 - Bradley Davies
06 - Dan Lydiate
07 - Sam Warburton
08 - Ryan Jones
09 - Mike Philips
10 - James Hook
11 - Shane Williams
12 - Jonathan Davies
13 - Jamie Roberts
14 - Leigh Halfpenny/George North
15 - Lee Byrne

The reason that I put a 0 before all of the single digit numbers is that I want all of the names to line up. Yes, I am very fussy.
 
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Ireland:
1.Cian Healy
2.Jerry Flannery
3.Mike Ross
4.Leo Cullen
5.Paul O'Connell
6.Stephen Ferris
7.Sean O'Brien
8.Jamie Heaslip

9.Eoin Reddan
10.Johnny Sexton
11.Luke Fitzgerald
12.Gordan D'Arcy
13.Brian O'Driscoll
14.Tommy Bowe
15.Rob Kearney

France:
1.Thomas Domingo
2.William Servat
3.Nicolas Mas
4.Julien Pierre
5.Lionel Nallet
6.Thierry Dusautoir
7.Julien Bonnaire
8.Imanol Harinordoquy

9.Morgan Parra
10.Francois Trinh-Duc
11.Maxime Medard
12.Yannick Jauzion
13.Aurelien Rougerie
14.Vincent Clerc
15.Clement Poitrenaud

Italy:
1.Salvatore Perugini
2.Leonardo Ghiraldini
3.Castrogiovanni
4.Carlo Del Fava
5.Quintin Geldenhuys
6.Marco Bergamasco
7.Alessandro Zanni
8.Sergio Parisse

9.Pablo Canavosio
10.Luciano Oruera
11.Mirco Bergamasco
12.Gonzalo Garcia
13.Gonzalo Canale
14.Andrea Masi
15.Luke McLean

USA:
1.Mike MacDonald
2.Chris Biller
3.Matekitonga Moeakiola
4.Hayden Smith
5.John Van Der Giessen
6.Inaki Basauri
7.Todd Clever
8.JJ Gagiano

9.Mike Petri
10.Valenese Malifa
11.Kevin Swiryn
12.Paul Emerick
13.Seta Tuilevuka
14.Takudzwa Ngwenya
15.Chris Wyles

Fiji:
1.Campese Ma'afu
2.Talemaitoga Tuapati
3.Deacon Manu
4.Sekonaia Kalou
5.Wame Lewaravu
6.Semisi Naevo
7.Akapusi Qera
8.Malakai Ravulo

9.Seveci Taka
10.Seremaia Bai
11.Michael Tagicakibau
12.Gabiriele Lovobalau
13.Albert Vulivuli
14.Napolioni Nalaga
15.Norman Ligairi

Samoa:
1.Na'ama Leleimalefaga
2.Ti'i Paulo
3.Cencus Johnston
4.Daniel Leo
5.Filipo Levi
6.Chris Timaloa
7.Manaia Salave'a
8.George Stowers

9.Kahn Fotuali'i
10.Tasesa Lavea
11.Alesana Tuilagi
12.Seilala Mapusua
13.Gavin Williams
14.Brando Va'aula
15.Paul Williams

Canada:
1.Dan Pletch
2.Pat Riordan
3.Kevin Tkachuk
4.Tyler Hotson
5.Josh Jackson
6.Adem Kleeberger
7.Sean-Michael Stephen
8.Aaron Carpenter

9.Sean White
10.Ander Monro
11.Justin Mensah-Coker
12.Ryan Smith
13.DTH Van Der Merwe
14.Sean Duke
15.Matt Evans

Tonga:
1.Tonga Lea'aetoa
2.Aleki Lutui
3.Kisi Pulu
4.Lisiate Fa'aoso
5.Paino Hehea
6.Ueleni Fono
7.Finau Maka
8.Samiu Vahafolau

9.Soane Havea
10.Kurt Morath
11.William Helu
12.Andrew Mailei
13.Isileli Tupou
14.Mateo Malupo
15.Vunga Lilo
 
Ignorant?
He has already showed he can perform a lot better than Nonu. Ive seen every single game SBW has played, he is improving with every game. You know that too, you're just one of those guys who likes to cut down the tall poppies. Typical.

Sonny Bill has in no way proven that he is better than Nonu! Sure he's solid but he's gonna have to do alot more than a few offloads to overtake Nonu... And Smith would be even harder, After BOD, Smith would be the next best centre in world rugby right now.
Don't get me wrong, the more players pushing for positions in NZ the better, but to say that SBW has surpassed Nonu is plain dumb!
 
Sonny Bill has in no way proven that he is better than Nonu! Sure he's solid but he's gonna have to do alot more than a few offloads to overtake Nonu... And Smith would be even harder, After BOD, Smith would be the next best centre in world rugby right now.
Don't get me wrong, the more players pushing for positions in NZ the better, but to say that SBW has surpassed Nonu is plain dumb!

It could be easily argued that Nonu and Smith are the two best players in their positions in the world. SBW had one good game for the AB's, and two average ones. Nonu has had at least 20 games in a 50+ test career in which he's been as good or better. People over hype SBW to a ludacris level, it's actually pathetic.
 
It could be easily argued that Nonu and Smith are the two best players in their positions in the world. SBW had one good game for the AB's, and two average ones. Nonu has had at least 20 games in a 50+ test career in which he's been as good or better. People over hype SBW to a ludacris level, it's actually pathetic.

Yeah, and the worst thing is the special treatment! He was selected for the AB's after a reasonably good run in the ITM Cup, which was in no way enough to prove himself! Lets face it, the Canterbury side could've probably put Scotland away. Wales seemed to be able to shut him down pretty easily so teams like England, South Africa, France and Australia would have no problem, but Nonu is a game breaker!!! and now that his passing is sharper than some halfbacks no one even comes close to taking hi spot!
 
Bringing up Conrad Smith when talking about best centre in the world is just wrong...he is a consistent good player, but that is where it stops...he does not offer anything special. Nonu and Jaque Fourie...that is what i am talking about...
 
Bringing up Conrad Smith when talking about best centre in the world is just wrong...he is a consistent good player, but that is where it stops...he does not offer anything special. Nonu and Jaque Fourie...that is what i am talking about...

Jaque Fourie is so over rated it's ludacris, people were calling him to be replaced during the last Tri Nations. I've had this argument so many times before with newish posters, on how good Conrad Smith is. It takes someone who watches more than the odd highlight to see how what he does. He runs the AB's defense. It's that simple. He'll always make the right move, and never miss a tackle. He's capable of moments of great magic, but he's better at creating play outside him, thus the reason why the AB's have scored so many more tries the last three years, than any other national team in the world. Nonu is a great player, but with out Smith he often looks flakey on defense. In my mind, and many others, including many Irish fans I know, will concede that Conrad Smith is the best 13 in world rugby at the moment.

When Nonu looks good, Conrad Smith is outside him. The one game in which SBW looked very good, who was outside him? Conrad Smith. So no, he's not going to score many length of the field tries, however he'll always be the one to deliver the final pass for the player who does.
 
From an english point of view these are the players i expect to see for england in the game. (not who i want or would actaully be picked)

1. sheridan/payne/Paul doran jones
2. hartley/thompson/mears
3. cole/wilson/marler/golding
4.shaw/palmer/deacon
5./lawes/skivington/attwood
6.Croft/haskell/wood
7.Moody/robshaw
8.easter/dowson
9.Youngs/care/simpson
10.flood/wilko/myler/hodgson/cipriani(not for england, but his face will be there for super teams)
11.cueto/strettle/monye
12.hape/flutey/barkley
13.tindall/banahan/tait
14.ashton/JSD/
15.Foden/armitidge/brown

there will probably be more, but those are the major ones i think.
 
U guys are both being unfair...Conrad Smith is a awesome player and so is Jaque fourie...two of the top 3 centres in the world but i think Fourie has a slight edge
 
Jaque Fourie is so over rated it's ludacris, people were calling him to be replaced during the last Tri Nations. I've had this argument so many times before with newish posters, on how good Conrad Smith is. It takes someone who watches more than the odd highlight to see how what he does. He runs the AB's defense. It's that simple. He'll always make the right move, and never miss a tackle. He's capable of moments of great magic, but he's better at creating play outside him, thus the reason why the AB's have scored so many more tries the last three years, than any other national team in the world. Nonu is a great player, but with out Smith he often looks flakey on defense. In my mind, and many others, including many Irish fans I know, will concede that Conrad Smith is the best 13 in world rugby at the moment.

When Nonu looks good, Conrad Smith is outside him. The one game in which SBW looked very good, who was outside him? Conrad Smith. So no, he's not going to score many length of the field tries, however he'll always be the one to deliver the final pass for the player who does.

Spot on! Conrad Smith has one of the best rugby brains of all time! His defense is outstanding, his passing is very crisp and accurate and he reads the game very well. I would consider him indispensable come the world cup!
I'd love to see the stats on how many try assists he's done, i'm sure it would be very high, and on top of all that his errors are almost non existent
 
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