Top 10 Over-hyped rugby players

[Draggs]

Rupeni Caucaucaunibucaucau.
Played a few matches and everybody raved about him.
Just been dropped by his new club after not showing up.

 

[Darwin]

Rupeni Caucaucaunibucaucau.
Played a few matches and everybody raved about him.
Just been dropped by his new club after not showing up.

In his prime (e.g. 2001-2004ish... before he got fat) he was the most devastating wing I've ever seen - he could score tries from anywhere. He scored 15 tries in 13 matches for the Blues, and looked on his way to becoming one of the greats of the game. Unfortunately he is incredibly lazy, so he never really lived up to his potential....

 

[Keithmurdoch]

In his prime (e.g. 2001-2004ish... before he got fat) he was the most devastating wing I've ever seen - he could score tries from anywhere. He scored 15 tries in 13 matches for the Blues, and looked on his way to becoming one of the greats of the game. Unfortunately he is incredibly lazy, so he never really lived up to his potential....

Absolutly agree, early 2000s no-one could touch him, for beating a man he was in the absolute top catagory with Jonah and maybe Christian Cullen. Youtube has some good bits of him for the blues for the doubters.

 

[Keithmurdoch]

top ten players generally rated much more highly than they deserve to be:

Andy Sheridan
Joe Roff
Percy Montgomary
Fade Cooper
Xavier Rush
Rocky Elsom
Andy Ellis
Jeromy Guscott
Brian O'D
Bakkis Botha

I'd love to have Chris Ashton too, havn't heard anyone describe him as world class for a while though, which is a shame

 

[big ginger 8]

Heathen.

 

[Keithmurdoch]

Bait-taker.

 

[LittleGuy]

Hate to say this but recently possibly Chauncey O'Toole from "The best amateur player in the world" heaps of glory at Churchill Cup's three years running and a contract with Osprey's, to many of us in the Canadian fan base glad that Nanyak Dala started ahead of him against Georgia last month(not that Dala is a bad player by any stretch but he's been an impact sub his entire career).

 

[big ginger 8]

Bait-taker.

Do you think I'm generally serious when calling people heathen?

 

[Keithmurdoch]

As in am I fearful that you might burn me at the stake? Not very!!

I would have used a smiley face there to indicate light-heartedness, only I loath the things.

 

[Sam91]

Rob Horne, he is an absolute pleb, but dingo deans in the only person who rates him I think.

 

[Draggs]

I disagree with Montgomery, but see no issues with the others, Keithmurdoch.
Monty won the 2007 World Cup. His boot took all pressure off James and Steyn.
He is also a Sharks and Newport legend, so that too.

 

[Shovenose]

Montgomery once moved to fullback came into his own.

 

[LittleGuy]

 

[welshglory]

No one else agree with Hernandez?

One good season with Stade Francais and Argentina and suddenly he's the second best fly half in the world, and people still talk of him in the same breath today.

 

[Draggs]

No one else agree with Hernandez?

One good season with Stade Francais and Argentina and suddenly he's the second best fly half in the world, and people still talk of him in the same breath today.

I agree. He had a good boot on him, and was looking pretty good, but one needs more than a season to be a great player.
*Looks at Rhys Priestland*

 

[Keithmurdoch]

Hmmm some of those clips were quite good. Percy getting smooshed repeatedly by Frank Bunce ended up on the cutting room floor though, obviously.

 

[Draggs]

Hmmm some of those clips were quite good. Percy getting smooshed repeatedly by Frank Bunce ended up on the cutting room floor though, obviously.

Along with the clips of Frank Bunce lifting the cup.
Ah...

 

[Keithmurdoch]

... (no comeback)

 

[Draggs]

... (no comeback)

Soz bru, Monty is on my list of players I'll defend to the hilt.

I find Alun Wyn Jones overrated. He simply isn't consistent enough to merit what many say about him. Same goes for Bradley Davies.

I think Willem Alberts is also overrated by many. He puts in some huge hits, but again, too inconsistent. He looks best coming off the bench with 20 or 30 minutes to go.

 

[Keithmurdoch]

I do admit that I respect his status as the smallest guy ever (in tests) to employ the Maori sidestep as his number one attacking weapon. As the vid shows, if you can survive doing that every week for a decade, sooner or later guys will miss a tackle and you'll be in!

Also winning a world cup probably does mean you're not completely terrible, but it dosen't necassarily mean you're awsome either - remember Butch James is in the same catagory. He was an OK player, ran straight and hard and usually kicked his goals, improving under pressure as he got older. Defensive liability though, and makes my top ten because he's been represented as god's gift to rugby in some quaters, which he clearly was not.