The All Blacks performs the haka ahead of the Bledisloe Cup test in Sydney. Photosport
Brodie Retallick was the best All Black of 2017 according to the Herald player ratings.
The lock had an average player rating of 7.9 during his eight test appearances this season, including two nine ratings.
Loosie Liam Squire had the next best average (7.6) edging out rookie winger Rieko Ioane
(7.5).
There were 14 ratings of nine recorded during the season with Retallick (first Lions test, opening Bledisloe Cup win), Damian McKenzie (in Argentina and South Africa) and Rieko Ioane (Sydney and Cardiff) all achieving the mark twice.
Jordie Barrett in the third Lions test, Beauden Barrett against South Africa in Albany, Kieran Read and Israel Dagg, both in the first Lions test, Anton Lienert-Brown and TJ Perenara against Samoa, SBW in the loss in Brisbane and Vaea Fifita nine against Argentina also recorded nine ratings.
