If you were to heed our advice in last weeks stock market, you would be happy yet again.

 

Our two smokies of the round: Karmichael Hunt (57 points), who I don’t think we can label a smoky any more, and Patrick Osborne (51 points) both bagged more than 100 points between them.

We also hit the mark with the ‘falling stocks’ of both Liam Coltman (11 points), who only a few weeks ago had a 5 round average of 40.6 points, and Pablo Matera (27 points), whose average has been dropping since sitting at 45 points after Rd 3. 

Team of the Week (TOTW):

Props:
Ox Nché (CHE) – 39 points, 80 mins, 4 runs for 37m, 6 tackle bust, 1 ineffective offload and 1 linebreak
Charlie Faumuina (BLU) – 38 points, 80 mins, 12 runs for 59m, 1 tackle bust and 10 tackles

Hooker:
Stephen Moore (RED) – 47 points, 80 mins, 1 try, 5 runs for 24m, 2 ineffective offloads, 7 successful lineouts and 8 tackles

Locks:
Franco Mostert (LIO) – 55 points, 80 mins, 9 runs for 46m, 1 tackle bust, 1 ineffective offload, 1 linebreak, 18 tackles, 10 lineout takes and 1 lineout steal
 Etienne Oosthuizen (SHA) – 45 points, 80 mins, 1 try, 5 runs for 40m, 5 tackle busts, 2 linebreaks, 1 lineout take and 1 lineout steal

Backrowers:
Michael Hooper (WAR) – 63 points, 80 mins, 1 try, 7 runs for 77m, 6 tackle busts, 1 ineffective offload, 2 linebreaks, 9 tackles and 2 turn overs forced
Steve Luatua (BLU) – 55 points, 80 mins, 19 runs for 125m, 4 tackle busts, 1 ineffective offload, 11 tackles and 1 lineout take
Andisa Ntsila (KIN) – 52 points, 80 mins, 12 runs for 132m, 7 tackle busts, 3 ineffective offloads and 2 linebreaks

Scrumhalf:
Lionel Cronjé (KIN) – 30 points, 80 minutes, 1 last touch assist, 1 conversion, 2 penalty goals, 5 runs for 59m, 2 tackle busts and 1 ineffective offload

Flyhalf:
Richie Mo’unga (CRU) – 68 points, 80 minutes, 1 try, 1 try assist, 5 conversion, 1 penalty goal, 7 runs for 61m, 6 tackle busts, 1 ineffective offload, 1 linebreak, 2 linebreak creates and 1 tackle
Hon. Mention – Elton Jantjies (LIO) – 63 points

Centres:
David Havili (CRU) – 101 points, 2 tries, 1 try assist, 11 runs for 120m, 11 tackle busts! 5 ineffective offloads, 4 linebreaks and 1 linebreak create
Karmichael Hunt (RED) – 57 points, 1 try, 1 try assist, 9 runs for 102m, 2 tackle busts, 3 ineffective offloads, 2 linebreaks and 5 tackles
Hon. Mention – Seta Tamanivalu (CRU) – 51 points

Outside Backs:
George Bridge (CRU) – 85 points, 3 tries, 10 runs for 85m, 10 tackle busts, 2 ineffective offloads, 2 linebreaks and 1 linebreak create
Courtnall Skosan (LIO) – 64 points, 1 try, 10 runs for 133m, 8 tackle busts, 1 ineffective offload, 2 linebreaks and 3 tackles
Damian McKenzie (CHI) – 62 points, 2 tries, 1 try assist, 2 conversion, 1 penalty goal, 5 runs for 91m, 6 tackle busts, 1 linebreak and 1 linebreak create

Written by Nelson Dale