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<blockquote data-quote="Leonormous Boozer" data-source="post: 874155" data-attributes="member: 45598"><p>BOD, Lomu and Carter would be my non negotiable picks. Trying to remain as unbiased as possible I think the way BOD transformed throughout his career was remarkable. He started out as an attacking threat and quickly became the best attacking 13 in world rugby doing some of his best stuff outside the less than remarkable creative force that was Ronan O'Gara and when the game evolved to the point where someone who was slowing down like him didn't have the size to be a lethal runner with the ball he quickly became a much better passer and elite defender (the overlap of the two around '09 when he should have won player of the year was a joy to behold) not to mention his prowess at the breakdown. Kicking was really the only thing he didn't do to a world class level but along with Dan Carter he's the most complete player I've ever seen. I've only seen Gerber through YouTube highlights but I haven't heard enough about his game outside of the world class attack to make me believe he could rival O'Driscoll and then there's the fact that he played very few test matches with even less being against quality opposition. </p><p></p><p>I don't think any Irish player is going to have a shout outside of the centre with Mike Gibson definitely having a shout for 12, Wood may have had a shout had he not been riddled by injuries.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Leonormous Boozer, post: 874155, member: 45598"] BOD, Lomu and Carter would be my non negotiable picks. Trying to remain as unbiased as possible I think the way BOD transformed throughout his career was remarkable. He started out as an attacking threat and quickly became the best attacking 13 in world rugby doing some of his best stuff outside the less than remarkable creative force that was Ronan O'Gara and when the game evolved to the point where someone who was slowing down like him didn't have the size to be a lethal runner with the ball he quickly became a much better passer and elite defender (the overlap of the two around '09 when he should have won player of the year was a joy to behold) not to mention his prowess at the breakdown. Kicking was really the only thing he didn't do to a world class level but along with Dan Carter he's the most complete player I've ever seen. I've only seen Gerber through YouTube highlights but I haven't heard enough about his game outside of the world class attack to make me believe he could rival O'Driscoll and then there's the fact that he played very few test matches with even less being against quality opposition. I don't think any Irish player is going to have a shout outside of the centre with Mike Gibson definitely having a shout for 12, Wood may have had a shout had he not been riddled by injuries. [/QUOTE]
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