Super team of the week: Prop crucial to

Hurricanes prop Tyrel Lomax is helping turn the Hurricanes scrum from a potential target to a source of pride.

The Hurricanes rediscovered their attacking blueprint against the Sharks on Saturday, but Lomax’s form over the first three rounds also confirmed the scrummaging power of their key offseason recruit.

The Sharks’ pack was on skates in Wellington as the 23-year-old tighthead puts his hand up to be the true heir to departed All Black Owen Franks.

Fullback Jordie Barrett was also strong against the Sharks, pulling off another trysaving tackle: this time on 108kg Sharks No 12 Andre Esterhuizen.

As for Ngani Laumape, the tank-like midfielder simply does things that no other No 12 in the country can do.

Critics moan about his supposed lack of an all-round game but the gritty reality is that at test level, especially in the big games, you sometimes need a midfielder who carries hard, gets up, and carries hard again.

That’s Laumape’s bread and butter and he has plenty of icing too, as shown by his excellent finish against the Sharks.

That trio, as well as the impressive Ben Lam, Wes Goosen and Asafo Aumua, make Stuff’s team of the week for round three.

The big fullback is chiming in nicely from the No 15 position, his error rate is down and his goalkicking is outstanding.

Teams continue to give the wing too much room at their peril. Terrific finisher and the Hurricanes look better with Vince Aso at No 13 as well.

The main thing to watch with this bloke is his defence, because we know attack comes easy for him. He is getting off the line fast and hitting people hard.

Still tops the list in the ‘Super player whom opponents least like to tackle’ competition.

Scored two tries that few others in the competition could match. Showed serious gas to get outside Sharks fullback Aphaele Fassi.

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