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Rugby World Cup 2007
Andy Ellis
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<blockquote data-quote="darwin_23" data-source="post: 138696"><p>I'm not sure why everyone seems to love Piri Weepu - sure he was impressive when he came onto the scene a few years back, but he has done nothing in the last couple of years to warrant inclusion in the All Blacks. Last year he ate copious amounts of pies* and ended up waddling around the field like a duck through most of the year including the end of year tour.</p><p></p><p>He played well in one NPC game when Wellington slaughtered Otago, but to be fair I'm sure half the posters on this forum could have looked good playing halfback in that game against a hopeless Otago team. And where was Piri the next week when the Wellington team lost to Hawkes Bay? It was a wet day and in such a situation a halfbacks performance is crucial, and he had a poor game....</p><p></p><p>So I'm not surprised that he has been replaced. The inclusion of Ellis over Cowan was purely on Pacific Nations Cup form. Cowan would have been ahead of him based on Super 14 form (by quite a long way), but Ellis played much better than him in every game in the Pacific Nations, either when coming off the bench or when starting. Ellis seemed to set the backline going so much better than Cowan, I don't think anyone who seriously watched all of the Pacific Nations Cup games would suggest that Cowan should be in ahead of Ellis.</p><p></p><p>Anyway its the third halfback position in the squad so whoever was chosen is hardly going to be starting in crucial world cup games...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>*or KFC or MacDonalds.....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="darwin_23, post: 138696"] I'm not sure why everyone seems to love Piri Weepu - sure he was impressive when he came onto the scene a few years back, but he has done nothing in the last couple of years to warrant inclusion in the All Blacks. Last year he ate copious amounts of pies* and ended up waddling around the field like a duck through most of the year including the end of year tour. He played well in one NPC game when Wellington slaughtered Otago, but to be fair I'm sure half the posters on this forum could have looked good playing halfback in that game against a hopeless Otago team. And where was Piri the next week when the Wellington team lost to Hawkes Bay? It was a wet day and in such a situation a halfbacks performance is crucial, and he had a poor game.... So I'm not surprised that he has been replaced. The inclusion of Ellis over Cowan was purely on Pacific Nations Cup form. Cowan would have been ahead of him based on Super 14 form (by quite a long way), but Ellis played much better than him in every game in the Pacific Nations, either when coming off the bench or when starting. Ellis seemed to set the backline going so much better than Cowan, I don't think anyone who seriously watched all of the Pacific Nations Cup games would suggest that Cowan should be in ahead of Ellis. Anyway its the third halfback position in the squad so whoever was chosen is hardly going to be starting in crucial world cup games... *or KFC or MacDonalds..... [/QUOTE]
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