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Fissler Extra: RWC winner on URC shortlist, Italian eyed as Faf back-up
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While the All Blacks and Springboks came away smiling from the first round of The Rugby Championship, so too did Fantasy owners who made the right calls in their line ups over the weekend.
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Here’s a look a the top performing team of week one:
No surprises to see it dominated by All Blacks, with the backline stacked with the guys who pasted the Wallabies for 54 points before easing off the gas.
Ryan Crotty was an outstanding contributor with a couple of tries, as was Rieko Ioane outside him. The winger picked up 129 running metres as well as two ties of his own. Beauden Barrett luckily had his kicking boots on for those who picked him as their key man, he landed seven kicks and had made two clean breaks. Aaron Smith managed to be the pick of the halfbacks due to his involvement in nearly all the All Black tries.
Up front the Wallabies can boast two members of the tight five, while Agustin Creevy is surprisingly the sole Pumas representative.
The best performing non-All Black is Israel Folau at fullback, though. Next best Damian McKenzie managed 11 points to Folau’s 19.5, with the Australian clearly taking advantage of the All Blacks’ shoddy defence in the second half.
