Catch all the Super Rugby Men’s U16 action live and on-demand via Stan Sport and Rugby.com.au’s YouTube.<\/a><\/p>\nRugby Australia’s High Performance staff\u00a0select their Team of the Week.<\/p>\n
1. Moses Faleafa (Queensland Reds)<\/p>\n
The loosehead prop impressed as the Reds opened their season with a brilliant showing.<\/p>\n
Faleafa set the platform up front, making big post-contact metres to go with his two tackle busts.<\/p>\n
2. Noah Gaffney (Queensland Reds)<\/p>\n
Gaffney delivered a clean performance at hooker for the Reds.<\/p>\n
The hooker largely hit his mark at lineout to go with a 100% success rate on defence.<\/p>\n
3. Kaiasi Talakai (NSW Waratahs)<\/p>\n
The prop is the latest in a long line of Talakais dominating scrums in Australian Rugby.<\/p>\n
With siblings Sam and Adiana making their name, Talakai was excellent in a 36-minute shift.<\/p>\n
4. Ruari Basten (NSW Waratahs)<\/p>\n
Basten\u2019s work in the middle was massive in another large win for the Waratahs.<\/p>\n
The lock dominated the lineout game as the \u2018Tahs were flawless across their 11 throws.<\/p>\n
5. Denver Bradford (Queensland Reds)<\/p>\n
Bradford wraps up the Reds\u2019 dominance over the tight five as they controlled the area against Victoria.<\/p>\n
His carries were strong, recording a pair of tackle busts in the big win.<\/p>\n
6. Bareek Kleine-Deters Ausage (Western Force)<\/p>\n
Kleine-Deters Ausage is the lone Force selection after a tireless showing amid the one-way traffic.<\/p>\n
It was a rough afternoon for the Force but the form of the back-rower provides some light.<\/p>\n
7. Kohen Tavita (Victoria)<\/p>\n
Tavita flies the flag for Victoria in the forwards after another tough defeat on the road.<\/p>\n
He led the tackles with a monster 16, including some big hits to try and rock the Reds.<\/p>\n
8. Cordell Arama (NSW Waratahs)<\/p>\n
Arama was an absolute monster as he skittled Force defenders.<\/p>\n
The powerful back-rower had a remarkable 13 tackle busts as he was a one-man wrecking ball.<\/p>\n
9. Izak Holmes (NSW Waratahs)<\/p>\n
Back-to-back nominations for the classy scrumhalf as he helped piece apart the Force defence.<\/p>\n
He set up four line breaks and got in on the fun with his second try in as many games.<\/p>\n
10. Wilson Ruthven (NSW Waratahs)<\/p>\n
The son of championship-winning coach Mike was at the forefront of the dominance, setting the tempo with a second minute try.<\/p>\n
In total, the young half had a remarkable 31 points, which included 13\/14 conversions.<\/p>\n
11. Eitini Samasoni (Victoria)<\/p>\n
Samasoni flies onto the wing for Victoria after a good showing in defeat.<\/p>\n
The winger held his own amid the influx of points from the Queenslanders.<\/p>\n
12. Charlie Xuereb (NSW Waratahs)<\/p>\n
Xuereb is another Waratah who earns back-to-back nobs after another special performance.<\/p>\n
The midfielder racked up five line break assists and five tackle busts in the big win.<\/p>\n
13. Sangwani Chinula (Queensland Reds)<\/p>\n
Chinula tore apart the Force, particularly towards the back end of the game.<\/p>\n
In total, he had four line breaks, six defenders beaten and a double.<\/p>\n
14. Asher Chapman (NSW Waratahs)<\/p>\n
Rounding out the repeat nominations, Chapman\u2019s try-scoring haul only grows bigger.<\/p>\n
In total, the winger has five tries in two games, running for 146 metres off the back of five line breaks.<\/p>\n
15. James Smith (Queensland Reds)<\/p>\n
Smith got in on the action as the fullback tore apart the Victorians with four line breaks and eight tackle busts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Super Rugby U16s competition ramps up with two massive wins over the weekend in Round Two. The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":194880,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85,115413],"class_list":["post-194879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-super-rugby-u16s"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=194879"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194879\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/194880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}