Americas in Europe: 2021 All-Stars

The Americas was well represented in European professional leagues in the 2020-2021 season. Players from the Americas’ four RWC competitors were all involved and there were others from a number of additional countries. Who though, were the best performers?

This article identifies the leading Americas players across all positions. The Americas in Europe: 2021 All-Stars considers all players from the region or to have been capped by teams from the region. Their performances throughout the 2020-2021 season has been considered and compared to that of others.

The leading names per position league have been chosen following an analysis throughout the 2020-2021 season. The same applies to the leading back, forward and player. ARN’s choices for the leading players are shown below.

 

BEST OF

ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP
Forward: Agustín Creevy (London Irish)
Back: AJ MacGinty (Sale Sharks)
Most Points: 188, AJ MacGinty
Most Tries: 6, Santiago Carreras (Gloucester)

Top 14
Forward: Marcos Kremer (Stade Français)
Back: Benjamín Urdapilleta (Castres)
Most Points: 321, Benjamín Urdapilleta (Castres)
Most Tries: 6, Axel Muller (Brive)

PRO D2 (FRA)
Forward: Rodrigo Bruni (Vannes)
Back: Jerónimo de la Fuente (Perpignan)
Most Points: 55, Sebastián Poet (Colomiers)
Most Tries: 4, Rodrigo Bruni (Vannes)

PRO 14 (IRL, ITA, SCO, WAL)
Forward: Enrique Pieretto (Glasgow Warriors)
Back: Gonzalo Bertranou (Dragons)
Most Points: 5, Juan Ignacio Brex (Benetton)
Most Tries: 1, Juan Ignacio Brex (Benetton)

BEST BACK
Matías Moroni (Leicester Tigers)

BEST FORWARD
Marcos Kremer (Stade Français)

2021 PLAYER OF THE YEAR
AJ MacGinty (Sale Sharks)

 

AMERICAS IN EUROPE: 2021 ALL-STARS

1 – David Ainu’u (Toulouse)
2 – Agustín Creevy (London Irish)
3 – Enrique Pieretto (Glasgow Warriors)
4 – Guido Petti (Bordeaux)
5 – Matías Alemanno (Gloucester)
6 – Facundo Isa (Toulon)
7 – Marcos Kremer (Stade Français)
8 – Rodrigo Bruni (Vannes)
9 – Santiago Arata (Castres)
10 – AJ MacGinty (Sale Sharks)
11 – Axel Muller (Brive)
12 – Jerónimo de la Fuente (Perpignan)
13 – Matías Moroni (Leicester Tigers)
14 – Santiago Cordero (Bordeaux)
15 – Santiago Carreras (Gloucester)