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Here are my player ratings from Round 4 of Super Rugby. Submit your own, keeping the figures for mediocre scores aside for reasons of brevity and so that the focus is on the best and worst performers.
Scores should be between anyone rating more than seven and anyone below four – so just for very good and poor performances. Half scores are allowed, so 7.5, 3.5 and so on.
Please submit your own scores for a whole team. The minimum is one team, there is no obligation to score all the games. I average the scores per team by the number submitted.
I will compile everyone’s submitted team scores and produce Wallaby form teams later in the week. There will be one team of the round and three accumulative teams.
Brumbies-Force
The Brumbies very clinically dissected the Force, who have a similar game plan to the Brumbies but lack the personnel.
The main difference was the class of the Brumbies outside backs. The forwards gave the Brumbies the platform and the backs made very good use of it. The intensity of the Brumbies dropped once they scored four tries.
Christian Lealiifano was excellent as the playmaker despite being at 12. The only disappointment was Matt Toomua, who made a lot of mistakes. Toomua missed tackles, kicked poorly, and his passing was only average.
For the Force Nick Cummins made a good return but received few opportunities. Chris Alcock was their best player, making vital tackles, stripping the ball in tackles, and he was very effective at the breakdown.
Brumbies
S. Sio 7.5/10
S. Moore 7.5/10
B. Alexander 7.5/10
R. Arnold 8/10
I. Vaea 7.5/10
N. White 8/10
M. Toomua 3.5/10
H. Speight 7.5/10
C. Lealiifano 8.5/10
T. Kuridrani 7.5/10
J. Tomane 8/10
R. Coleman 7.5/10
Force
C. Alcock 8/10
N. Cummins 7.5/10
L. Morahan 7.5/10
Reds–Waratahs
The Reds were dreadful, almost as poor as in their first round against the Brumbies. What has improved is their defence.
The game had a lot of errors by both teams and the referee. The Tahs created enough opportunities to score six more tries but their handling let them down. The Tahs were dominant in every area except the lineout, which Dave Dennis ran poorly.
The Tahs defence was incredible, they smashed the Reds 5-10 metres behind the gain time and again, until the Reds started standing deeper and deeper to avoid the punishment. The Tahs took away all the time from the Reds so it made it seem like they had no game plan.
Reds
J. Slipper 3/10
S. Fainga’a 3/10
S. Talakai 3/10
J. Schatz 3.5/10
N. Frisby 3/10
W. Genia 7.5/10
L. Turner 7.5/10
C. Feauai-Sautia 3.5/10
Waratahs
B.Robinson 7.5/10
S.Kepu 7.5/10
W. Skelton 8/10
D. Dennis 7.5/10
M. Hooper 8/10
W. Palu 7.5/10
N. Phipps 3.5/10
B. Foley 8.5/10
M. Carraro 7.5/10
P. Betham 8.5/10
I. Folau 8/10
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