Rexona Plays of the Week 7

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Each week, our Fairfax sports journalists will select their top 3 Plays of the week - where sports men and women demonstrate a No Quit attitude to their given sport. Join us each week and let us know your thoughts. Do you agree with this week's top 3?

ONE: All Blacks
Playing against The Pumas in Argentina was supposed to be one of the toughest tasks in rugby. But the All Blacks made a mockery of that theory on Friday morning win a magnificent performance in their 54-14 win.

It had been said that while the All Blacks had gone through the season unbeaten they had yet to really fire on all cylinders and play to their potential. Unluckily for Argentina, the night when everything clicked for Steve

Hansen's side came against them and they looked clueless as the tries rained in.

So it is 15 consecutive wins for the All Blacks and they're not only closing in on mighty Lithuania's world record of 18 straight test victories, but there is also the potential of having the perfect season.
 
TWO: Bryan Habana
It is five years since Bryan Habana became IRB Player of the Year following his outstanding performances at the 2007 World Cup in France and mostly since then he has looked a shadow of his former self.

There were signs that he was getting back to his best in the test arena with a great try against the All Blacks in Dunedin two weeks ago, but his hat-trick in the smashing of the Wallabies at the weekend stuff was vintage Habana.

In the 31-8 win for the Springboks, Habana didn't just show off his electrifying pace and his deft sidestep, but also demonstrated his great ability to read a game and with the way he's playing right now it's hard to think of a better winger in world rugby.
 
THREE: Cooper Cronk
Along with Billy Slater and Cameron Smith, Cooper Cronk is one of the rocks that the Melbourne Storm side are based on and he was the worthy recipient of the Clive Churchill medal in the 14-4 NRL Grand Final win over the Bulldogs on Sunday night.

That man of the match medal could have easily have gone to Slater or Smith, but it was right that Cronk took it out. He had a hand in all three of the Storm's tries and was a commanding figure throughout the game.

The brilliant halfback said afterwards that this win wasn't redemption for the two titles taken away from the team for salary cap breaches, but surely there has to be a degree of that in this triumph.

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