Grading the Tier 1 international sides and World Rugby Awards

Kooks and Thala look back on the World Rugby awards and whip out the score cards for each men’s international Tier 1 side for their year.

We start by fanboying over Ellie Kildunne and discussing the controversial selections of Antoine Dupont and Jerome Daret. We then discuss what PSDT’s 2nd Player of the Year means for his legacy.

We then try to grade each Tier 1 nation’s year. We look at everyone from excellent years for the Springboks and Argentina, to confusing years for England and New Zealand and call Wales and Japan to the headmasters office.