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<blockquote data-quote="TRF_heineken" data-source="post: 432720" data-attributes="member: 40658"><p>This thread will actually be a lot more interesting if there was a set criteria to define what the attributes are to be the best no. 8...</p><p></p><p>some teams use different types of no. 8's to play a certain type of gameplan. other has more freedom and don't necesarily need to commit to breakdown areas and so on.</p><p></p><p>Kieron Read is a lot different from Pierre Spies, Jamie Heaslip is a lot different from Andy Powell... the list goes on and on...</p><p></p><p>I will be very biased without a set criteria as Pierre Spies' entire life story alone makes me sit up and watch this monster get unleashed.</p><p></p><p>He played wing in High School, went to the Bulls and Heyneke Meyer converted him into a no. 8. was the best no.8 by a long mile in 2007 and then had to stay at home during the world cup in france because of a life threatening blood illness, which could've ended his career.</p><p></p><p>after last weeks sterling performance against the Aussies he's slowly starting to show his masterclass again and peaking at the right time for the world cup.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TRF_heineken, post: 432720, member: 40658"] This thread will actually be a lot more interesting if there was a set criteria to define what the attributes are to be the best no. 8... some teams use different types of no. 8's to play a certain type of gameplan. other has more freedom and don't necesarily need to commit to breakdown areas and so on. Kieron Read is a lot different from Pierre Spies, Jamie Heaslip is a lot different from Andy Powell... the list goes on and on... I will be very biased without a set criteria as Pierre Spies' entire life story alone makes me sit up and watch this monster get unleashed. He played wing in High School, went to the Bulls and Heyneke Meyer converted him into a no. 8. was the best no.8 by a long mile in 2007 and then had to stay at home during the world cup in france because of a life threatening blood illness, which could've ended his career. after last weeks sterling performance against the Aussies he's slowly starting to show his masterclass again and peaking at the right time for the world cup. [/QUOTE]
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