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One genius could win a fortune after the greatest CJ Stander punt of all time

Published 19:19 11 Feb 2017 GMT

Updated 19:45 11 Feb 2017 GMT

Patrick McCarry
One genius could win a fortune after the greatest CJ Stander punt of all time

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Fair play to the legend that took a punt on this.

CJ Stander has now got a .50 strike-rate when it comes to scoring Test tries. Six scores in 12 games for the Munster back-row and you get the feeling he is only getting started. Stander had an absolute stormer today and you could tell he was switched on from the get-go: https://twitter.com/SportsJOEdotie/status/830428321427095553 By full-time, Stander had amassed 62 metres gained off 22 carries that included two clean breaks, two offloads and 10 defenders beaten. He led Ireland's successful tackle count on 10. Oh, and he scored a hat-trick. https://youtu.be/S0DF6ijNrys Following the game, Joe Schmidt gushed about Stander after his latest man-of-the-match performance. He said:
"He's a really positive contributor, a really willing contributor. The one thing I would say is we have a back-row with big engines. "They put themselves about and the amount of involvements they have in games is really high. It definitely helps us negotiate our way around the pitch."
Stander is always a try-scoring threat and he is one of Ireland's main attacking weapons. It was somewhat odd, then, that he was out as far as 50/1 to be the tournament's top try-scorer going into the game. Hayley O'Connor from Ladbrokes tells SportsJOE that one genius punter has backed Stander just before midnight, last night, at 50/1. Were Stander to finish atop the charts, there could be over €1,000 richer. We've yet to hear if anyone took a punt on Craig Gilroy ahead of the game. https://twitter.com/patmccarry/status/830462621958696960 The Ulster winger, who also scored a hat-trick, was available at a severely generous 200/1. If you want to bet on these lads now, here are the latest odds:
  • Keith Earls 2/1
  • CJ Stander 3/1
  • Craig Gilroy 6/1

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