'Completely fearless' World Cup option emerges

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Rebels playmaker Carter Gordon has announced himself successful Stan Sport's Australian Super Rugby Pacific subordinate of the twelvemonth race aft an outstanding show successful circular three.

After each round the Between Two Posts squad of Sean Maloney, Morgan Turinui and Stephen Hoiles volition beryllium handing retired their 3-2-1 votes towards their new 'Posty' awards.

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STEPHEN HOILES, Former Wallabies, Waratahs and Brumbies forward

1 point: Jordan Petaia, Reds fullback

"Because it was specified a adjacent crippled and the Brumbies, I didn't truly spot a standout, which you really get a batch successful a bully squad performance."

2: Stacey Ili, Rebels centre

"He's been astir the NRC years ago, been overseas, he's conscionable the cleanable complement for Carter Gordon... He's conscionable spinning retired of tackles, Stacey Ili."

3: Carter Gordon, Rebels No.10

"Playing wholly fearless... you've got 2 retired and retired fighters who conscionable hap to person a batch of people astir them excessively successful Ili and Carter Gordon.

"It's astir apt the champion 10-12 operation successful Australia astatine the moment."

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MORGAN TURINUI, Former Wallabies and Waratahs back

1 point: Stacey Ili, Rebels centre

"He went from a 13 past twelvemonth with a bully near peg, bully organiser, they called him a bully communicator. This twelvemonth his footwork's outstanding, helium tin interruption tackles.

"I deliberation helium missed 1 tackle connected the play which astir apt outgo him a 2 pointer down to a 1 pointer. I deliberation he's been excellent, Stacey Ili astatine 12 for the Rebels."

2: Nick Frost, Brumbies lock

"Influential and the occupation with the Brumbies, a spot similar the aged Super Rugby subordinate of the twelvemonth award, sometimes it goes to the champion subordinate connected the worst team.

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"Frost was conscionable the champion subordinate for the Brumbies and influential successful each the bully things they did. In their structural play, enactment astir the park, I deliberation he's combining athleticism with method prowess."

3: Carter Gordon, Rebels No.10

"That's an casual one. He was acold and supra the champion idiosyncratic performance, backed up by a large guardant battalion performance."

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SEAN MALONEY, Chief rugby commentator for Nine and Stan Sport

1 point: Jordan Petaia, Reds fullback

"Terrific, 2 tries."

2: Andy Muirhead, Brumbies winger

"I'm telling you, the rugby encephalon connected that antheral is conscionable terrific. How helium fits truthful overmuch smarts nether that antheral bun, remarkable. He asked questions with each interaction the different night, helium was everyplace helium needed to be."

3: Richard Hardwick, Rebels No.8

"The Namibian-qualified backrower who was a unit again. All implicit the ball, cardinal stops, cardinal steals - this is an accumulation of weeks of brilliance from Hardwick.

"I privation to springiness him different three. Hardwick was awesome."

LEADERBOARD AFTER ROUND THREE

6: Langi Gleeson, Carter Gordon

5: Nick Frost

4: Pete Samu, Jordan Petaia

3: Ryan Lonergan, Rob Valetini, Lachlan Lonergan, Stacey Ili, Richard Hardwick

2: Tom Wright, Issak Fines-Leleiwasa, John Ulugia, Andy Muirhead

1: Max Jorgensen, Dave Porecki, Tom Lambert, Josh Flook, Lalakai Foketi, Tim Anstee

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