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Super Rugby Australian player ratings: Round 13

Scott Higginbotham of the Melbourne Rebels (Credit: SNPA/Ross Setford)
Roar Guru
12th May, 2015
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Here are my player ratings from Round 12 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 over 7 and anyone below 4, i.e. for very good and poor performances. Half scores are allowed i.e. 7.5, 3.5 and so on.

SUPER RUGBY TABLE

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 every ones submitted teams scores and produce Wallaby form teams later in the week. There will be 1 team of the round and 3 accumulative teams.

Crusaders-Reds
The Reds were totally overwhelmed and beaten by a record score. Their defence was woeful missing 29 per cent of tackles. Their attack was reasonable.

G. Holmes 7.5/10
J. Hanson 7.5/10
L. Gill 7.5/10
J. Horwill 3/10
A. Faingaa 3/10
L. Turner 3/10

Rebels–Blues
The Rebels play very well as a team, and they make the best of what they have. Their forwards dominated the collisions and the breakdown. They also employed a smart kicking game. They played with a hard edge and overcame the Blues who were physically dominated.

T. Smith 8/10
L. Timani 8.5/10
L. Jones 8/10
J. Reid 9/10
C. Faingaa 8/10
S. Higginbotham 8/10
J. Debrezceni 7.5/10
D. Shipperley 8/10
M. Harris 7.5/10

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Force-Waratahs
The Rebels play very well as a team, and played the referee very well. They slowed the ruck down and spoiled good ball. Waratahs were unable to vary their game to cope with rushing defence and slow ruck ball. They relied on individual brilliance to score tries and it was not good enough.

Force
A. Coleman 7.5/10
B. McCalman 7.5/10
R. Louwrens 7.5/10

Waratahs
N. Phipps 3/10
T. Naiyaravoro 8/10
I. Folau 8/10

Stormers-Brumbies
This was an enthralling game for its brutal intensity, niggle and variety of game plans. A weak scrum, poor discipline, poor refereeing and missing a vital kick in front cost the Brumbies the game. The Brumbies were superior in the backline and they were better at the breakdown.

J. Smith 3/10
B. Alexander 3/10
S. Carter 3.5/10
S. Fardy 8/10
D. Pocock 8/10
I. Vaer 7.5/10
C. Lealiifano 3.5/10
J. Tomane 7.5/10

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