Opinion
9 days ago International Rugby Top 100: The unluckiest players not to make the list
Some players were unlucky to miss out on our men's Top 100 list. Here are 10 who could have made it.
Paul Williams
12 Dec 2024, 7:43
Teams
Players
Back Carries ![]()
Top Stats:
Carries
Line Breaks
Tackles Completed
Turnovers Lost
Turnovers Won
Attack:
Carries
Kicks
Passes
Metres Carried
Line Breaks
Offloads
Defenders Beaten
Try Assists
Tries
Turnovers Lost
Carries Per Minute
Defence:
Tackles Made
Tackles Missed
Tackles Completed
Dominant Tackles
Turnovers Won
Ruck Turnovers
Lineouts Won
Total Tackles Per Minute
Discipline:
Red Cards
Yellow Cards
Penalties Conceded
All ![]()
All
England
South Africa
1
Ben Earl
13
2
Marcus Smith
12
3
Maro Itoje
10
4
Pieter-Steph du Toit
9
5
Freddie Steward
8
6
Ollie Lawrence
8
7
Ellis Genge
8
8
Cheslin Kolbe
8
9
Wilco Louw
8
10
Jasper Wiese
8
11
Tommy Freeman
7
12
George Martin
7
13
Chandler Cunningham-South
7
14
Sam Underhill
6
15
RG Snyman
6
16
Luke Cowan-Dickie
5
17
Aphelele Fassi
5
18
Damian de Allende
5
19
Bongi Mbonambi
5
20
Henry Slade
4
21
Ollie Sleightholme
4
22
Kurt-Lee Arendse
4
23
Grant Williams
4
24
Eben Etzebeth
4
25
Jesse Kriel
3
26
Siya Kolisi
3
27
Malcolm Marx
3
28
Elrigh Louw
3
29
Kwagga Smith
3
30
Jack van Poortvliet
2
31
Jamie George
2
32
Alex Dombrandt
2
33
Handre Pollard
2
34
Lukhanyo Am
2
35
Will Stuart
1
36
Fin Baxter
1
37
Dan Cole
1
38
Harry Randall
1
39
Ox Nche
1
40
Gerhard Steenekamp
1
41
Cobus Reinach
1
Carries ![Carries]()
1
Ben Earl
13
2
Marcus Smith
12
3
Maro Itoje
10
Line Breaks ![Line Breaks]()
1
Cheslin Kolbe
3
2
Ollie Sleightholme
2
3
Grant Williams
2
Tackles Completed ![Tackles Completed]()
1
Siya Kolisi
14
2
Ollie Lawrence
13
3
Ben Earl
13
Turnovers Lost ![Turnovers Lost]()
1
Freddie Steward
4
2
Grant Williams
2
3
Tommy Freeman
1
Turnovers Won ![Turnovers Won]()
1
Ben Earl
2
2
Vincent Koch
2
3
Sam Underhill
1
Dominant Tackles ![Dominant Tackles]()
1
Siya Kolisi
3
2
Henry Slade
2
3
RG Snyman
2
![England]()
Match Summary ![South Africa]()
2
Penalty Goals
1
2
Tries
4
2
Conversions
3
0
Drop Goals
0
109
Carries
88
5
Line Breaks
7
12
Turnovers Lost
8
4
Turnovers Won
5
Territory
19%
28%
27%
26%
54%
Territory
46%
Possession
4%
25%
35%
36%
7%
31%
37%
26%
41%
Possession Last 10 min
59%
55%
Possession
45%
![England]()
Set Plays ![South Africa]()
3
Scrums
6
67%
Scrum Win %
67%
19
Lineout
15
89%
Lineout Win %
87%
5
Restarts Received
7
71%
Restarts Received Win %
86%
![England]()
Attack ![South Africa]()
113
Passes
94
109
Ball Carries
88
229m
Post Contact Metres
326m
5
Line Breaks
7
![England]()
Turnovers ![South Africa]()
4
Turnovers Won
5
12
Turnovers Lost
8
![England]()
Penalties ![South Africa]()
13
Penalties Conceded
14
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
![England]()
Defence ![South Africa]()
117
Tackles Made
144
25
Tackles Missed
24
82%
Tackle Completion %
86%
![England]()
Kicks ![South Africa]()
31
Total Kicks
27
1:3.6
Kick To Pass Ratio
1:3.5
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Defence is awful! Coaching terrible. Smith kicking out of hand to line out needs to be better. JVP doesn’t deserve to be in a England shirt for a while
What a 💩game.
1. Score flatters us.
2. This isn't winning ugly. This is winning fugly.
Is Andrew Brace fucking retarded? Biased knacker.
Let’s wait for the TMO to check that he’s happy with the try before we get excited.
Well if that’s not forward.
Lol. Forward my ass.
Tmo is a poes.
100% try
Anyone sports man bet?
Ye there a thing in the corner of my screen
going wide to quick just need 1 runner to come in and she will open right up
ONG what a try
are you watching from here?
I'm like 100% sure that spring box is gonna win
only seeing stats
Someone called it.
Im confused, where is the video??
What video are you looking for? Rugbypass don’t have this live stream.
same here. i am refreshing hoping
19:40. Ahh nooo.
I thought it was 17:40.
Going to have to braai again then and have a few more drinks.
First scrum is going to be huge.
5/3 split it is 😎
Team Announced.
Holy Sh1t. If the boks were playing in a RWC final on Saturday. That would be the team.
If I was an England player, I’d quietly cry in the shower tonight.
Wow. What a team.
Boks by 44 points.
Rassie is going for the jugular.
WILL THIS TEAM ANNOUNCMENT EVER HAPPEN. HOW LONG IS THIS GOING TO TAKE!
Eish. I still feel for a 5/3 split.
Imagine DDA and Esterhuisen in the 23.
Esterhuisen’s comment - that it would be great running at his old team mate Marcus Smith - makes me think playing Esterhuisen would be tactically quite good.
And let’s face it. DDA or Esterhuisen in the bomb squad is almost like having a 7 flank on the bench.
I’d go Williams, Esterhuisen and Pollard on the bench. Marco van Staden out.
(Man I’d love to see Hanekom on - but then Kwagga would have to go… Wales it is Cameron).
Williams, Manie, DDA, Kriel, KLA, Chesie, Fassi.
The anticipation around this team announcement is killing me.
Springboks by between 10 and 44 points.
GO SPRINGBOKS GO !YOU ARE NUMERO UNO!😍 FROM YOUR KIWI BUDDIES.......ALL BLACKS!🙃FROM DOWN UNDER TOO!🤑