The Back Three | Squidge Rugby Team of the Year 2023
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It's that time of year again: It's time, once again, for the Squidge Rugby Team of the Year. And this time, we're kicking off out wide, with the finest back three players of 2023...
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I hear Mars is eyeing Eddie Jones as Head Coach.
No, that's Uranus
disappointed mike tadjer didn't get an honourable mention for fullback. his backfield cover in portugal vs fiji was incredible
Penaud has had an incredible year - came 3 tries away from Serge Blanco's record for the national team, already best try scorer in European cup and domestic championship!
I think Penaud is becoming a better player than Dupont
@@TheRugbySocial Dupont has the smarts of a 10, the line-break and skills of a centre, the speed of a winger and the strength of a prop. There is nobody like him. Penaud is brilliant but Dupont is unique. ua-cam.com/video/bvWitwasCQ0/v-deo.html
I've never seen anyone as good at slipping tackles as Mark Telea. I think he is part fish. But a strong fish too! A Tuna?
It was like he was covered in oil
@@benhaslam8728 Vaseline. It’s a common tactic
@@pokinacha I know man, but he's extra slippery
@@benhaslam8728 oh I do not disagree. Being an Australian, seeing someone so naturally gifted at breaking tackles is a frustration that is rarely eclipsed
John Eales? He was slippery as
Keenan empathises the player produced through Leinster system these days. Extremely professional, high work rate and all round skillset
epitomises*?
and would never start a counter attack from his own line.
@@ericdavison6186he also does success percentage analysis in milliseconds.
@ericdavison6186 finally someone who gets it. A player who frankly would be average at best if he didn't play in one of th3 best teams in the qorld
@@Zomo1553, happy new year marra. I do think he is//has been essential to that Irish squad. The watcher,,his team mates just know he's 'there'...they do their thing infront.
Hey, great to see you resuming producing your ever quality content. Hope you managed to get a proper rest after the WC burnout! Happy hairy new year (couldn't resist leaving that auto-un-correct in)
The master Beaudy at the back with try scoring phenom Will Jordan and the untouchable Cheslin Kolbe on the wings.
Honorable mention to Damien Penaud.
Love Squidge Rugby... always brilliant and always insightful! Really appreciate what you do!!
Happy New Year All
If wouldn’t be a Squidge video without Jas Joyce and the Portugal back three
Fran McGhie absolutely crucial shout
My list
15: dog
14: cow
11: seagull
Happy New Year Squidge and Will - great video and loved your choices and mentions!
Very excited for this series!
I can't really argue with you picks. Honestly I feel this year (Well last year as of writing this comment) to be one of the hardest to pick a team of the year. Not just the ridiciuosly high standards Ireland and France kept up, but the smaller nations like Portugal stepping up on the big stage and giving it everything. So many new players emerge to me this year (last year) and hopefully be able to keep an eye on them. Along with the end of some of the greats like Alun Wyn Jones, Tipuric, Sexton, Barrett, Snowsill, Earls, Uini Atonio, Romain Taofifenua and Hogg to name just a few. Lets hope 2024 delivers some cracking rugby. Happy New Year everyone!
Happy new year guys, hope u continue with this amazing channel and the great content, waaaaaay better than many profesional reporters for sure
Love the video as always - your work is top tier! One small correction is that Ireland have actually won a grand slam on home soil in Belfast in 1948- thank you
Thanks for your hard work on the videos
Close between Keenan and Ramos, but I agree, Keenan deserves credit for this incredible year
Not close at all
@@symeremeyers4148 come on Ramos is also world class, he has proved this several times
God, I forgot about that Keenan 50:22, an incredible player and so eloquently summed up!
Thanks so much for all of your work this year, have a wonderful 2024!
I think if 'they' ever made a Webb Ellis Grandslam Triple Crown for rugby commentary and understandable entertaining statistic analysis. You would Own it. I am so greatful for your input to the future of the game I Love. Happy New Year, hope you own a Country of your own some day ... I can just see everyone lashing out to rugby practice every Morning before breakfast and rolling into life as it should be and then going to Worship King Squidge. 😀
Hey Robbie, ever heard of a bloke called Cheslin Kolbe? He skinned Penaud in the WC quarters
Would argue that Telea had more of an impact this year than Jordan
nope
Yep
Squidge, you're a legend. Great effort. These lists are usually a bit biased towards the authors origins. But not yours, the most unbiased list i've seen. Bravo, happy new year & Kia Ora.
Great selection! love it.
Wonderful! Well done Squidge!
Great pics thanks
Only one thing is for certain with TOTY - Israel Folau isn’t in it 🎉
Who?
And it baffles me 😢
Ìf Floau ever decides to identify as a woman he'll definitely make the team🤦🏻♂️
weirdly obsessed
@@Charlie-uz8vb 😢
Im less certain about the other two picks but Keenan would absolutely be my pick as well. As a Scot I'm partial to a bit of Darcy Graham but I'm biased there.
I would've had Kolbe in there somewhere...just not sure in place of who😅, or maybe I'm slightly biased as a South African.
I have no problem with any of these selections, but the fact remains, neither winger he selected did anything against Kolbe. And Jordan was downright bullied by Kolbe in the final. He’s hurt by the fact that the Boks never let him go at any easier teams. He only played the big games
Your hair looks great! :) and your analysis is top tier as normal! Even if I've loved if Darcy Graham had made it onto the main list!
Can't argue against any of these choices. So many back 3 players turned up this year in terms of form, but Keenan, Penaud and Jordan were all ridiculously good
Emma Sing honourable mention for fullback, only played and handful of internationals this year though.
If Will Jordan doesn’t score a try against you, you’ve probably won the game.
That's just great
This is nostalgic
Was hoping for Storti but tough to argue with those picks
Give Storti a year or two and he'll be first pick
Squidge you should be on the TOTY. Love your work.
Kolbe skinned Penaud whilst giving up 20Kg and a foot in height. Mark Telau is truly gifted and slippery. The common NH bias despite all team performances to the contrary
I love your videos so much! you could make a team with only like pub club players and I will still love it!!
Very strong back 3!!
Uggy is the best rugby UA-camr of all time bro
Whatever Squarespace are paying you, it's not nearly enough. 😂
You can support as Patreons
Somehow think Jordan has become underrated, his mix of technical excellence and electric playmaking is unrivalled in the mens game outside of Penaud, and he's the best support runner in the world bar none.
Plus he's still relatively young at 25 and hasn't gotten to play his natural position at test level yet....
I thinks its because it almost looks too easy for him. I almost feel he makes sublime look boring.
And I would say Keenan would surpass him in the technical excellence/playmaking category.
@@cheesecake6696 Fair enough, obviously I think Keenan is absolutely brilliant, and the improvement in his overall game has been insane in this world cup cycle. I just think Jordan is a generational type of talent, and I hope that'll only become more evident when he gets to play his natural position at international level.
Dupont is a pretty good support runner too
Its great that like the official W15 announced that the world is obsessed with Northetn hemisphere and NZ rugby players. Here in SA, we love that our players go unrecognized and being underdogs. It's our motivation to keep winning ........
They can take the player accolades, we will take the world cups 👍
South Africa are still CHAMPS 😭😭😭😭😭
What about a ref of the year list?
WELCOME BACK
"Please um let us know..., because we'll um, just ignore you, cause we've already made our mind up......" 😂😂😂😂😂.😂😂
Great video, top marks, I love it, looking forward to the next one.
"Oh, and Happy New Year" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Squidge you kill me 😁😆😎
Irelands 2nd Grand Slam at home
First in Dublin the previous one was Belfast.
Excellent choice to mix all players from tier 2 nations and women, all playing the same game of rugby 🏉
Arendse is bit of a freak for me take this into consideration this is only his second year of international rugby and he started playing club rugby 3 yrs ago and he has a wc and has never lost to newzealand and has like 1 to 2 to 3 trys a game
I am a Saffa, and I rank Will Jordan already amongst the greats. He is magic - he reminds me of Christian Cullen: always in the right place at the right time. Strong, faster than anybody else in the field and ready to finish off. I hope AB management doesn't screw up his career like they did with Cullen by moving him to center in 99
@citroes1000
I am a NZ, and I rank Cheslin Kolbe already amongst the greats. He is magic - he reminds me of Gio Aplon: always in the right place at the right time. Strong, faster than anybody else in the field and ready to finish off. I hope SA management doesn't screw up his career like they did with Aplong
I’m a little curious about this side to play mars….
Something, something, algorithm.
Jess Breach not getting a mention seems a bit of a snub
poor Nuno Sousa Guedes
it's pronounced "Noonu Soza Ghedsh" for english speakers
Maybe this can be the new Jumblesale Sexplinth
Ah yes, Duhan van der Merwe, the Poundshop Penaud
Springboks backs
That is great hair...
No Kolbe? 😮😮😂😂😂
I have absolutely no idea how Rio Dyer got anywhere near this list 😂
11. Telea 15. Keenan 14. Penaud
Ellie Kildunne really has been amazing this last year. She is definitely one of the stand out players of 2023 for me.
penaud is magic
Glad to see Rio Dyer mentioned over Zammit. Dyers all round ability puts him above Zammit for me.
No mention of Darcy is criminal
Loool “squidge rugby towers” you never miss mate 😂😂
Duhan not on the wing ? 🤯
Keenan man, he's a good un.
Just commenting for the algorithm
For the algo... decent back 3
I'm a bit surprised that Keenan is the Full Back? He never makes a mistake and is clearly the world's best. I'd have thought a more erratic player would make you feel more?
I was very sup rise de as well.
Surprised
I would've picked Emily Scarratt at fullback.
Difficult to argue with Rugby Jesus.
quite strange to put Penaud on 11 as he always plays with 14 but fair enough
id have ramos
So square space is the website builder that complains about the referees?
Colbe?
Squidge is famous for not liking the World Champs…he will rather put a girl in before a Saffa player
He got an honorary mention and he's right that SA has 4 amazing wings which makes it hard to pick.
A very solid back 3. Hard to argue with his picks.
@@W0nderer … Kolbe made a monkey out of Penaud in the WC QF. The “honourable” mention is just dumb. The no14 pick is solid…but at n15 he picks (again) a player that has never been pst the QF in a WC. He may feature in the 6Nations .. but that competition is very weak!
Only scored 12 test tries in his career, the 2 wings selected have scored 3 times that amount playing similar amount of tests.
@@user-eq9jv5uf7d … how many WC final tries have they scored? Or tries against the Lions? Get a grip mate…😂😂😂
Kolbe robbed
Very exciting players coming through! Excited for the Lions tour to see that team which feels like It’ll be even better than the last squad despite less years on the road.
My team:
1. Pierre Schoeman
2. Dan Sheehan
3. Tadgh Furlong
4. Maro Itoje
5. Adam Beard
6. Ben Earl
7. Jac Morgan (C)
8. Caelen Doris
9. Ben White
10. Finn Russell
11. Duhan Van der Merwe
12. Bundee Aki
13. Sione Tuipulotu
14. Louis Reese Zammit
15. Hugo Keenan
16. Ewan Ashman
17. Elis Genge
18. Zander Fagerson
19. James Ryan
20. Jack Dempsey
21. Josh Van der Flier
22. Craig Casey
23. Blair Kinghorn
Dude nearly a quarter of this video was an ad. not cool. But good content otherwihse, good choices.
Happy New Year
Capuozzo ?
To be fair, Will Jordan is an excitement machine, but boy he was very poor in the final. That performance is up for discussion as the worst individual performance in a RWC final ever. In a RWC year I think that should be important. Just an observation, and as a SAfrican I would pick KLA who was immense 😅 because I am biased like that hahaha
As an addition, ironically Penaud was also a million miles away from his best against SA in the quarters, getting beautifully burned by Kolbe for that try 😊
Arandse not being in this is criminal to be honest. I think squidge missed this one
He can only pick a back three. There's always someone who's going to want a player from their country in. He is a fabulous player. I'm sure he is in your team of the year.
Penaud isnt a 11
First
Penaud 😂😂😂😂😂😂
What is funny
You must be trolling surely...
We had a tournament to see whos the best. Most of these guys didnt even make it to the final. What the rest of the world outside south africa doesnt get about rugby and sport is: You cant be the best if you dont win. Not one winner shown here
Should have been Ellie
Nah g this is wrong Mack Hansen far better than Will Jordan won’t support the ABs again until Trump becomes our coach #Trump2024
I’m disgusted by the anti-Irish bias, once again
Switched off at mixed team ,
You’re pathetic
Doing combined men’s and women’s is stupid
Cry about it?
Squidge explained it in the first minute of the video. The team is based more off class & significance than it is based off pure talent. Doing combined men's & women's is smart.
Unless you are a South African cricket supporter as well.😂
@@hankbwhy were there no youth or disabled players then?
Sad. 😂
Mixed is stupid. Virtue signalling since 2016 is not a precedent. Make a separate list, or don't you think that women deserve their own 15 rather than a token nod or two?
Here here
Why are you so annoyed by a UA-cam video. Have a break
then why are you so annoyed with a youtube video comment... @@nathanorsi9504
Duhan and Darcy clear of them all. And shut up about the women, Sqidge - nobody actually cares.
Actually real rugby fans cares
But clearly if you say Vdm and Graham are the best you are probably not lol
Duhan couldn't even make the Bok team let alone team of the year.