Fantasy Rugger: Round Three Top Performers

Week three of the Rugby Championship saw the All Blacks getting pushed (for a while at least) by the Pumas, then the Wallabies battling out a draw with the Springboks.

Here’s the team of the week:

So a pretty low scoring round for owners, unless of course you managed to heed the advice of the All Black coaches and snap up Vaea Fifita. The big flanker dominated the stats sheets with 21.6 points.

He got that by way of 113 metres gained, 11 defenders beaten and a stunning solo try.

He almost laid a try on for Damian McKenzie, which would’ve boosted his 18.8 points even higher. However, that one was called back for a forward pass – but DMac managed to score one anyway, plus run 13 times for 48 metres.

Interestingly, despite picking up a yellow card and not being able to hit the side of a barn with his goal kicking, Beauden Barrett still racked up enough points to be the highest performing first five.

Again, the side is dominated by All Blacks, however it’d be wise to look at some Wallabies before the weekend. It’s likely they’ll be able to do a bit more damage score wise than the Springboks and All Blacks, who will most likely keep things tight in a big test match.