How about the rest of you post your XV? Reason I picked Roberts ahead of Nonu was because Nonu plays for the ABs and hasn't really had to pull off any crazy stuff to win games for them. You could easily have replaced him with SBW and we would still have won by good margins. Roberts on the other hand has played a huge part in putting Wales where they are.
9.Genia 10.Arlidge 11.Kahui 12.Roberts 13.O'Driscoll 14.Jane 15.Dagg 20.Weepu 21.Hougaard 22.Yachvili 3 9s on the bench ftw good thing weepu/yachvili can cover 10 aswell and hougaard wing
It's fair that they're both in contention for this, but I reckon Genia is the better player by a fair distance.
Kicking is for girls. And if you had an awesome backline, e.g. the team in this thread, or the Aussie backline, or even the Reds backline, you wouldn't want to kick away much ball from 9 anyway.
1. Tony Woodcock 2. Bismarck Du Plessis 3. Martin Castrogiovanni 4. Danie Roussouw 5. Alun Wyn Jones 6. Jerome Kaino 7. David Pocock 8. Sergio Parisse 9. Dimitri Yachvili 10. Rhys Priestland 11. Richard Kahui 12. Ma'a Nonu 13. Jamie Roberts 14. Vincent Clerc 15. Israel Dagg 16. John Smit 17. Owen Franks 18. Victor Matfield/Luke Charteris 19. Sam Warburton 20. Francois Hougaard 21. Conrad Smith 22. Kurtley Beale