...Only have 1 country representing each of Front row Second row Back row Half backs Centres Wing Fullback Off the top of my head I'd like English second row, a South African front row, NZers on the wing, Australians in the halves and Halfpenny at fullback. Then an Irish back row and French centres made a lot more sense than the other way around. 1. Tendai Mtawarira 2. Bismarck du Plessis 3. Jannie du Plessis 4. Joe Launchbury 5. Courtney Lawes / Geoff Parling 6. Peter O'Mahoney 7. Sean O'Brien / Chris Henry 8. Jamie Heaslip 9. Will Genia 10. Bernard Foley / Quade Cooper 11. Julian Savea 12. Wesley Fofana 13. Gael Fikou / Aurélien Rougerie 14. Corey Jane / Ben Smith 15. Leigh Halfpenny
1. Thomas Domingo 2. Dimitri Szarzewski 3. Nicolas Mas 4. Eben Etzebeth 5. Victor Matfield 6. Tom Wood 7. Tom Croft 8. Ben Morgan 9. Francois Hougaard 10. Handre Pollard 11. George North 12. Conrad Smith 13. Ma' Nonu 14. Alex Cuthbert 15. Israel Folau Bollocks, that's two lots of Saffas. I thought the team was looking far too good. 1. Thomas Domingo 2. Dimitri Szarzewski 3. Nicolas Mas 4. Eben Etzebeth 5. Victor Matfield 6. Tom Wood 7. Tom Croft 8. Ben Morgan 9. Connor Murray 10. Johnny Sexton 11. George North 12. Conrad Smith 13. Ma' Nonu 14. Alex Cuthbert 15. Israel Folau They can go up against Howe's team.
Seeing the Irish backrow listed made me long for Stephen Ferris so I just had a quick google to see when he might be back in that list... and he retired? :sad:
For all their other quality players, I think a World XV would be better with Read & McCaw, so am going for an AB back row. Front Row: 1. T Domingo, 2. D. Szarzewski, 3. N Mas Locks: 4. J Launchbury, 5. C Lawes Back row: 6. L Messam, 7. R McCaw, 8. K Read Halves: 9. R Pienaar, 10. H Pollard Centres: 12. J Roberts, 13. G North Wings: 11. S Zebo, 14. T Bowe Full-back: 15. I Folau
I am surprised that there has been no Italian or Argentine front rows yet considering their continued International dominance. Front Row: Italy 1. Matias Aguero 2. Leonardo Ghiraldini 3. Martin Castrogiovanni Second Row: South Africa 4. Eben Etzebeth 5. Andries Bekker (he will be back for the WC, currently in Japan) Back Row: New Zealand 6. Adam Thompson / Jerome Kaino 7. Richie McCaw 8. Kieran Read Halfbacks: Australia OR Ireland 9. Will Genia OR Connor Murray 10. Bernard Foley / Matt Toomua OR Jonny Sexton Centres: Wales 12. Jamie Robberts 13. George North Wingers: Ireland OR Australia 11. Simon Zebo OR Nick Cummins 14. Tommie Bowe OR Adam Ashley-Cooper Fullback: England 15. Mike Brown
