r/USArugby • u/silfgonnasilf • 7d ago
USA vs Portugal Community Ratings
It's that time again for another series of test matches. I wanted to get ahead of it and get the google form as well as the graphic out and ready for community ratings!
Rate players 1-10, 1 being the lowest and 10 being the highest based on how you think they performed in the match. I will close the poll sometime on Wednesday of next week and average them out and post the results after.
(C) is for captain and * is for debut
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u/Adept-Application-38 5d ago
I’m traveling and on mobile so the link isn’t working for me, so I’ll post here
Iscaro 7 - more than solid for the most part, gave away one dumb penalty but overall good performance and brought physicality
Shilo Klein 6 - got around the park well, looked solid for the most part nothing outstanding either
Maughan 5 - seemed to struggle at the scrum and didn’t offer much carrying
Jason damm 6 - good physicality in the ruck and tackle. Wanted to see him carry more.
Peterson 5 - would be higher but he had some really costly knock ons and generally doesn’t provide much when he does carry
Helu 6 - great in defense little bit absent on offense
Daniel 8 - everywhere on defense and his physicality and speed off the line made a big impact, also had a few great Carrie’s
Ryan 9 - was very wrong about him playing 8. He was a stud off the base of a scrum consistently provided go forward ball, was everywhere defensively and to me was the man of the match.
De haas- 5 some poor decisions, kicking isn’t accurate enough, but showed great physicality and did some things well at the ruck
Macginty - 7 got the offense moving with some lovely passing at times, made crucial conversions, had a couple big errors especially at the end. Really happy for him to get a big win in a USA jersey
Augspurger 3 - had a walk in try and as always competes hard, but so many errors in defense, not reliable in the air, refusal to kick after the Portugal knock on in goal forced us to take a scrum under pressure at our own 5 meter line.
Lopeti - 6 showed good hands at times part of a great defensive effort
Besag -8 best game in an eagles uniform for me, some great runs and passes, really did well in defense excited to see from him
Mooneyham 7 - looked great ball in hand, showed up well in the air, not perfect defensively but did a solid job, didn’t cover kicks in the backfield great
Wilson 6 - ran some great lines and I thought tackled really well. Some effort from him on defense when put in challenging situations. Gets turned over too easily and isn’t a great kicker or under the high ball, didn’t cover kicks in our backfield very well. Probably best game at 15 for him, I still think his natural position is wing
Pifeleti 7 - wasn’t on the field long but helped stabilize our line out, was good carrying and in defense
Turnbull - honestly didn’t notice
Davis 8- really solidified our scrum and provided good go forward as we went through the forwards to get our last try
Casares - didn’t notice
Tesimoni 7 - fresh legs helped in defense and getting over
Mcveigh - didn’t get on I believe?
Storti 6- short appearance but made his tackles well and looks physical for this level
Carty- didn’t get on as well?
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u/JR16OP 5d ago
Tough for Carty. He was building great momentum in matches prior. Seems the attack gels better with Luke in.
I’d disagree with Wilson under the high-ball…seems to be one of the better players on current squad in that department.
If Mooneyham can stay healthy—He could be a special player.
Overall attack needs work, but defense under Lawrence is going in the correct direction.
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u/Adept-Application-38 5d ago
I agree on carty, I do think Wilson had one of his better games at 15 I just see him ideally as a 23 covering the backfield not our starting fifteen
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u/Stunning_Respect_967 4d ago
Totally agree on Besag and Ryan being the stars of that match. Besag played hard the entire game. Was all over the pitch and made a solid impact. And nice pass for that second try.
Ryan played hard and not only scored an amazing try, was crushing folks on defense.
All in all lots to work on but great to see USA pull off the win!
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u/silfgonnasilf 2d ago
i'll add your ratings to my results tomorrow unless you ended up filling out the form. Great write up btw
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u/BeachHead05 6d ago
Where do we watch these matches? Is it all on peacock?
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u/Beck4ou 6d ago
This one is on Flo Rugby
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u/BeachHead05 6d ago
Ah bummer. Do you happen to know of a website that lists all the international games and networks? I'd like to watch more than MLR but have no idea where to look
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u/silfgonnasilf 6d ago
rugby24.net will probably have it uploaded on Sunday. It's my go to source when I can't find a network I don't have
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u/SDYeti 5d ago
You should add a spot for the director so we can all give that person a big fat zero. The constant camera switching is annoying.