FloRugby's United Rugby Championship Team Of The Week | Round 10
FloRugby's United Rugby Championship Team Of The Week | Round 10
Discover the United Rugby Championship Round 10 Team of the Week, featuring standout performances from Munster, Leinster, Ospreys and more.
FloRugby’s United Rugby Championship Round 10 Team of the Week celebrates standout performances across the league.
Munster and Leinster lead the way with three selections each, while Ospreys contributes four, including a potential USA Eagle, after their dominant showing.
Scarlets adds two players to the lineup, with the Sharks, Lions, Bulls and Zebre each represented by one.
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The team features exceptional displays of physicality, precision and skill, from commanding set-piece work to scintillating backline runs.
This week’s selections underscore the league’s depth of talent and provide a thrilling showcase of what makes the URC a must-watch competition.
1. Dian Bleuler – Munster
Quite possibly the most successful short-term loan in URC history, the Sharks loosehead has left such an impact on his adopted home that fans are practically knocking down the doors of Munster Rugby to get him back full-time.
This popularity extends to the playing squad, where his teammates were effusive in their praise of his impact over the past few months.
Alas, rugby is not a popularity contest, and when it comes to producing the goods, no loosehead was even in the same postcode as Bleuler in Round 10.
Obliterating the Dragons scrum, carrying the ball 10 times, making 11 tackles and scoring a try was the perfect way to end his time with the Irish giants.
2. Dan Sheehan – Leinster
ACL surgery? Nah, completed it, mate!
Reaffirming why he is regarded as the best hooker in the world, Sheehan bounced back from five months out with injury to score two tries, making 49 meters from nine carries and, most importantly, solidifying the Leinster line-out.
Yes, folks, he is going straight back into the Irish starting lineup; no ifs, ands or buts about it.
3. Tom Botha – Ospreys
Cape Town’s own, the Ospreys tighthead, crushed the Benetton scrum to such an extent that it was uncompetitive.
His domination played a key role in the Welsh side putting up a cricket score which, in turn, whipped away their minus 41 points difference coming into the round.
4. RG Snyman – Leinster
Rugby’s cheat code clearly is relishing his time in blue and clearly irked his fellow countrymen, namely Deon Fourie, as the Dublin side cruised to yet another victory this season.
Downing the Stormers 36-12 to remain unbeaten, Snyman had himself a day with 14 carries, six offloads (yes, that says six!), and five line-outs won.
5. Jason Jenkins – Hollywoodbets Sharks
Differing from his former Munster teammate and fellow Springbok, Jenkins went route one against Cardiff.
His physicality at the point of contact set the tone for the Sharks, who cruised to a cushy 42-22 over Cardiff on the road.
Winning five line-outs to go with 15 tackles, nine carries and two turnovers, the one-time capped Bok continued his fine season with the Durban-based side.
6. JC Pretorious – Emirates Lions
One of South African Rugby’s most unheralded talents, the former Blitzbokke is eerily similar to double World Cup-winner Kwagga Smith.
A true menace on the ground, Pretorious claimed two turnovers against the Bulls and played a key role in stemming what could’ve been an uncontainable onslaught with 20 tackles.
Given his ‘slight’ stature by modern backrow standards, he is exceptional when it comes to both the chop tackle and contesting at the breakdown. In the carry, he has elite pace and an underrated skillset.
7. Marcell Coetzee – Vodacom Bulls
Back to his physical best, the often-injured Springbok brought a hard edge to the Bulls pack in the Jukskei derby.
Dominating the contact point with 12 carries and 16 tackles, Coetzee got his side on the front foot and opened up space for those around him, namely the highly impressive Cameron Hanekom.
8. Gavin Coombes – Munster
Edging the aforementioned Hanekom, the Munster brawler once again was at the heart of everything the Irish giants did well.
Carrying the ball an outlandish 22 times, making three line breaks, four offloads, four defenders beaten, 10 tackles, a try assist and three line-out grabs, his continued absence from the Irish national setup remains a great mystery.
9. Gonzalo García – Zebre Parma
Orchestrating one of Zebre’s finest days, the Argentinean international was a livewire in Belfast, as the Italian side turned over Ulster on its home patch.
Playing with passion, precision and power, the pacey scrumhalf topped the carry charts with 16, beating five defenders, setting up both tries and slinging 48 passes to keep his side driving forward.
10. Ioan Lloyd – Scarlets
Just three weeks removed from the bombshell news that he would be departing for rivals Cardiff, Lloyd put in yet another mighty performance for the Scarlets.
The victory was the Scarlets’ sixth in a row in all competitions, and Lloyd was front and center for it.
Contributing 15 points in the 30-24 victory over Edinburgh, Lloyd was a handful on all fronts, beating three defenders, setting up a try and topping the meters carried charts (28).
The 23-year-old served a timely reminder to Warren Gatland that he is far from done.
11. Diarmuid Kilgallen – Munster
One of Irish Rugby’s hottest prospects, the former Connacht winger backed up his two-try showing against the Northampton Saints a week ago with another glitzy performance.
Dotting down for a try to add a bow to his 98 meters carried from 16 carries, which included two clean line breaks and two defenders beaten. At 6-foot-4 and 100 kilograms with elite pace, if he can get a good run of games under his belt, Kilgallen should find himself in the Irish setup before 2025 is over.
12. Keiran Williams – Ospreys
Cutting through the Benetton defense like an experienced surgeon, Williams was the Ospreys' go-to gainline wrecker with 13 carries.
Defensively, he topped the tackle charts with 15 (two dominant) and won two turnovers.
Touching down for a try of his own, the 27-year-old had arguably his best showing of the season to date.
13. Macs Page – Scarlets
If Wales is serious about a rebuild at test level, then the young Scarlets center feels destined to play a key role.
Sure, he isn’t an out-and-out bruiser like the great Jamie Roberts or Jonathan Davies, but he is by no means a shrinking violet at 88 kilograms.
What sets the 20-year-old apart is his elite-level top-end pace, which he has flashed time and again this season.
A future pairing with fellow national team absentee Max Llewellyn has all of the hallmarks of a truly special combination.
14. Andrew Osborne – Leinster
While his older brother Jamie is away with the Irish team in Portugal, the second of four brothers continued his rise as one to watch with the Irish giants.
Searing away for two tries, the physical winger proved once again to be the type of payer Ireland head coach Andy Farrell loves as someone who goes looking for work.
Carrying the ball 12 times, while beating three defenders, the 21-year-old feels destined to join his brother as an international in the not-too-distant future.
15. Jack Walsh – Ospreys
One of the league’s Jack-In-The-Box (excuse the pun) players, the USA-qualified playmaker, had a top-class showing in tough conditions in Round 10.
Dominating the backfield, the utility back raced away for two tries, made 83 meters and slotted in brilliantly as a second receiver, making 21 passes and two offloads.
Still, the Jacksonville-born 25-year-old has future Eagle written all over him.
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