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Super Rugby Team of the Week- Round Seven
Left wing
11. I'm always under the misapprehension that Tom English is English. But I can't figure out why. (AAP)
Loosehead prop
1. You only get this thousand-yard stare from years of hard work as a prop. James Slipper fought like a champion this week, but when he gets home to his family and friends, they'll never understand what it was like. (Getty)
Hooker
2. It was only two years ago I was lamenting how Australian rugby players were being trounced in the beardstakes by the South Africans. This week James Hanson played like an angry dad against a South African team that looked like they were grounded for the weekend. (AAP)
Tighthead prop
3. Dammit, Ben Alexander. You're my least favourite Wallaby. Stop playing so well! (AAP)
Lock
4. Rob Simmons had a monstrous game, but in this photo he looks like he's just about to drop someone's wedding cake. (Getty)
Lock
5. This writer is not the kind of guy to play favourites, but if he was, Luke Jones would be in this every week. (AAP)
Blindside flanker
6. Full disclosure. This isn't a photo of Colby Fainga'a. There weren't any photos of him I liked this week, so I photoshopped his brother Anthony's face onto Nic Stirzaker's body. Hard to tell, I know. But I knew that some eagle-eyed reader would scrutinise this picture and realise something was amiss. (AAP)
Openside flanker
7. Beau Robinson describes himself on Twitter as a yoga pupil. Which makes sense because he is adept at forcing other people into uncomfortable positions on the paddock. (Getty)
Number eight
8. Scott Higginbotham is good at his job. (AAP)
