By Craig Muncey
October 12 2015

So we are now relishing the weekend and the quarter finals that are awaiting us, we have had some great games to date that will stay long in the memory, matches such as Scotland versus Samoa, for us Welsh fans in particular, the win against England at Twickenham, and the historic Japanese victory against South Africa.   For this article, I look at in my opinion of the matches I have watched, which individual players by position have stood out and consistently to date in this tournament, have put in some excellent performances.   Would welcome your thoughts on my selected 15, and what your own selections would be on the 1876 Cardiff Rugby website, or facebook or twitter pages.

After Group Stages Tournament XV

15. Ben Smith (New Zealand)

14. Nehe Milner-Skudder (New Zealand)

13. Keith Earls (Ireland)

12. Damian de Allende (South Africa)

11. D.T.H. van der Merwe (Canada)

10. Bernard Foley (Australia)

9. Aaron Smith (New Zealand)

1. Scott Sio (Australia)

2. Shota Horie (Japan)

3. Sekope Kepu (Australia)

4. Leone Nakarawa (Fiji)

5. Lodewyk De Jager (South Africa)

6. Michael Leitch (Japan)

7. David Pocock (Australia)

8. Mamuka Gorgodze (Georgia)

Been a great tournament to date and cannot wait for the knock out stages to begin, I am sure the above will change as we get to the conclusion, and will be back with my final World Cup XV.