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Team of Round Three - Plan Ahead To Finals 12 views
29 September 2011 by The Swede Eaters
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Scott Donaldson looks at the Team of Round Three and gives some pointers looking ahead to the finals.
The Rugby World Cup 2011 Team of Round Three based on www.testrugby.com statistics has an interesting look about it with Springbok halfback Francois Hougaard securing a whopping 920 points against Namibia. It seems that players in teams who dominate (against the minnows) and score tries succeed, although there are a few things to watch out for. It pays to select players in teams who will not be substituted early or at half time as a precaution. It also helps when they play for teams with less depth in some regards, because it means they will play back to back matches and get plenty of minutes throughout the tournament. While goal kickers do well, I think the sharp running players who beat defenders get the most points against the minnows. With trades at a premium, it is a matter of picking players who will start both this week against an easy beat and in the quarter finals.
Rugby World Cup Team of Round Three
1 John Smit FR SAF 1 500 500 $1,145,000
2 Shota Horie FR JAP 1 480 480 $657,500
1 Nathan Sharpe LK AUS 1 410 410 $1,122,500
2 Alun Wyn Jones LK WAL 1 350 350 $1,117,500
1 Sean O'Brien LF IRE 1 575 575 $867,500
2 Jamie Heaslip LF IRE 1 490 490 $1,127,500
1 Francois Hougaard HV SAF 1 920 920 $782,500
2 Morne Steyn HV SAF 1 485 485 $1,217,500
1 Adam Ashley-Cooper CT AUS 1 850 850 $1,147,500
2 Scott Willams CT WAL 1 560 560 $502,500
1 Chris Ashton OB ENG 1 720 720 $1,175,000
2 Mark Cueto OB ENG 1 575 575 $1,130,000
Looking ahead to the next matches.
Round Four
20:30, Fri 30 Sep South Africa v Samoa North Harbour Stad, Auckland
15:30, Sat 01 Oct Australia v Russia Trafalgar Park, Nelson
18:00, Sat 01 Oct France v Tonga Westpac Stadium, Wellington
20:30, Sat 01 Oct England v Scotland Eden Park, Auckland
13:00, Sun 02 Oct Argentina v Georgia Arena Manawatu, Palmerston N
15:30, Sun 02 Oct New Zealand v Canada Westpac Stadium, Wellington
18:00, Sun 02 Oct Wales v Fiji Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
20:30, Sun 02 Oct Ireland v Italy Forsyth Barr Stadi, Dunedin
1) Australia and New Zealand have easy matches this round and plenty of injuries to their backs especially, so there could be some big point scorers in the backs if you pick the correct players. Hopefully these teams get named soon. Radike Samo is tipped to play on the wing and could score plenty of tries against Russia. Who will kick for Australia?
2) Be careful because Francois Hougaard may not start again this tournament given that Fourie Du Preez usually occupies that position.
3) While they may not score the huge points they did in previous rounds, at least Wales, Ireland, England, France and South Africa should all win, but will have to play their top sides. This is good because it means that most players who take the field this weekend will also play in the quarter finals, so plan ahead.
4) Select players from teams likely to make the semi finals. New Zealand are obvious candidates, so pick plenty of All Blacks who are named this weekend to dominate Canada and will be likely to play Argentina in the semi final.
5) Don't pick any players from Japan, Namibia, USA or Romania no matter how desperate you get because they have finished playing at this tournament.
Who do you think will go well in the next matches and who did you want to see in the Team of Round Three?
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