Four South Africans in Champions Cup Team of the Week
SPOTLIGHT: After an action-packed first round of the season, a ‘Team of the Week’ has been unveiled by the Champions Cup.
The XV has been selected based on data from Oval Insights, featuring four South African players.
Stormers duo Ntuthuko Mchunu and Ben-Jason Dixon fill the No.1 and No.7 positions, while Bulls wing Sebastian de Klerk gets the No.11 spot.
Another South African, Scotland international Kyle Steyn, is on the other wing.
Prop Mchunu was not only a solid figure in the scrums in the Stormers’ 26-17 win over Bayonne in France. He racked up 44 metres with his powerful carries and beat two defenders.
Ben-Jason Dixon was one of his team’s top tacklers with 10, and he also carried the ball six times.
His presence in the set-pieces was also felt, with five line-outs won.
Meanwhile, Sebastian de Klerk was a standout performer in the Bulls’ 33-46 defeat to Union Bordeaux Begles in Pretoria.
He topped the charts with tackles (11), carries (eight) and metres (118) in his team.
Champions Cup Round One Team of the Week: 15 Aymeric Luc (Section Paloise), 14 Kyle Steyn (Glasgow Warriors), 13 Oscar Beard (Harlequins), 12 Luke Northmore (Harlequins), 11 Sebastian de Klerk (Bulls), 10 Thamos Ramos (Stade Toulousain), 9 Ben White (RC Toulon), 8 Temo Matiu (Union Bordeaux Bègles), 7 Ben-Jason Dixon (Stormers), 6 Oscar Jegou (Stade Rochelais), 5 Lucas Paulos (Aviron Bayonnais), 4 Boris Palu (Union Bordeaux Bègles), 3 Trevor Davison (Northampton Saints), 2 Julien Marchand (Stade Toulousain), 1 Ntuthuko Mchunu (Stormers).
