WHY JORDIE BARRETT IS NEW ZEALAND'S BEST PLAYER!
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Who is Jordie Barrett and why is he considered New Zealand's best player?
This is the DSPN. Serve a rugby final then. It's Saturday night. We welcome into the studio a great old mate, a great old colleague, and the host of the Aotearoa Rugby Pod with James and Bryn. And it's an excellent, excellent podcast that you've been doing. First on Sky and now you're independent. You're on Stuff Now Ross. Yeah, yeah. Trying to go our own way. Yeah. You know, make it happen. So yeah, thank you. It's good to see you. And these guys put out an hour-long episode every week, and then they break it down as well. So here we are. We're just going to talk pretty much briefly three-way about who is going to win this Super Rugby final. So you're sitting on this side of the table, obviously, with two Hurricanes fans who have just got a little bit of fear and dread about this.
Because of the fact that we are favourites, played so well all season, smacking teams by 50 points. All of those things, I feel a bit more comfortable for the underdogs going into this.
It is the most Hurricanes thing in the world to do to possibly blow this. But it's hard to see it happening. Why? Because every week they turn up and they get it done. And it's getting it done in the way that teams should get it done. They're winning up front. I think they've got depth in their pack. They've got a bunch of good front rowers. They've got a bunch of good locks, even with Delaney out. They've got a good squad depth across the board. They're not relying on little bits and pieces. They've got, in my opinion, the best player in the country, Geordie Barrett, who just marshals the game beautifully, creates all sorts of options for everyone around him. Just a superb, superb team.
Yep.
What are the key factors influencing the Hurricanes vs Chiefs Super Rugby final?
Well, can't argue with any of that, but you didn't grow up in Wellington, so you're not feeling the same way we did, because if we go back to 2015, you could have said that whole thing replaced some of those names with like Ma Nonu and Conrad Smith and Bowden Barrett, for example. And yeah, look what happened there. But at the same time, completely agree with everything you said. It's just such a well-balanced team, isn't it? And the fact that we were talking about Fahey, Finnegan, being like a lock for the All Blacks as soon as his contract thing gets resolved, which I presume we're going to find out on Monday. There's the answer coming Monday. The fact that a guy like that has come from playing from the sevens just a couple of years ago.
And yeah, his season last year, I think a lot of people forget that his season last year was really good as well. But now that the fact that he's being talked as a starting all-black really is testament to just how well this team is playing.
I just want to go back to Geordie Barrett. Sorry to interrupt, mate. I wrote this down here because yesterday we were at the Skytowers. Quintu Pai got the award for best player. But why is this guy, in your mind, playing so well? And why is he your best player at the moment?
Well, look, I think not at the moment. I think, for me, period. When I look at what he brings to the table, one, he's a massive unit. He loves contact. He loves tackling. He loves running the ball. But he also has the perfect skill set. He can kick any way you like him to kick, off either foot. We've seen left-footed chip kicks from a right-footer to wingers to score tries this year. He has got an incredible skill set. He's a great passer.
How do the Hurricanes' strengths contribute to their successful season?
Those big bridge passes that he throws to the wings are incredible, and they are spot on. You look at what the Leinster people said, and that's a club that's based on intelligent rugby when Geordie Barrett left. They were like, well, this guy's incredible. He's probably the best buyer we've had. He is just superb in every single way. And from when you talk to players, he's a guy who sits down on a Sunday morning and watches every game of rugby, analyzes every game of rugby. He gives information into Ruben Love and Cam Roygaard about what's going on outside that allows them to flourish in the way they do. Like he is just the all around guy and not every moment.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
Who is Jordie Barrett and why is he considered New Zealand's best player?
0:00–1:31
2
What are the key factors influencing the Hurricanes vs Chiefs Super Rugby final?
1:31–3:11
3
How do the Hurricanes' strengths contribute to their successful season?
3:11–4:45
4
What makes Jordie Barrett a complete rugby player?
4:45–6:24
5
How does team depth affect the Hurricanes' performance?
6:24–19:10
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