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<blockquote data-quote="nickdnz" data-source="post: 474752" data-attributes="member: 38640"><p>It's Ben Atiga that annoys me. Ben Blair's form probably did warrent selection as a utility, but Ben Atiga had only really had a couple of NPC games and as we see now, the tornement probably hurt his career more than strengthened it. John Mitchell wanted a team of his own stars, which meant that Mehrtens and Cullen were dropped. While they probably weren't at their best, they still would have added invaluable experience and were still world class. Leon McDonald, Ben Atiga and Ben Blair were trialed in a Rugby World Cup, at the expense of long serving All Blacks legends.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Everyone is playing total sh*t for Bayonne. That's why their second to last on the table. Heymans and Mike Phillips have been equally inept. The whole team is useless and struggling, not helped by firing yet another coach. it also doesn't help Rokocoko is playing on the right wing (<em>which actually makes me hate Rokocoko, that he seems to think he can play well on the right despite scoring all his tries on the left wing</em>)</p><p></p><p>Gear didn't shine much for Worcester, but he also seemed to get injured and Chris Latham didn't shine much either. Both were two of the best attacking players of the time and yet they didn't shine in dull NH football. It's strange that backs like Ben Blair, Scott Hamilton, Bruce Reihana have been some of the best outside backs in Europe when they've been decidedly average back in the SH. I think they just had skills which better suited the teams (reliability under the high ball, good kicking and good positioning. Seems it is too difficult to play running rugby with most of the teams. If Rokocoko was playing for Clermont, Toulouse, Northampton etc, I have no doubt he'd score more tries and been hailed as brilliant.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nickdnz, post: 474752, member: 38640"] It's Ben Atiga that annoys me. Ben Blair's form probably did warrent selection as a utility, but Ben Atiga had only really had a couple of NPC games and as we see now, the tornement probably hurt his career more than strengthened it. John Mitchell wanted a team of his own stars, which meant that Mehrtens and Cullen were dropped. While they probably weren't at their best, they still would have added invaluable experience and were still world class. Leon McDonald, Ben Atiga and Ben Blair were trialed in a Rugby World Cup, at the expense of long serving All Blacks legends. Everyone is playing total sh*t for Bayonne. That's why their second to last on the table. Heymans and Mike Phillips have been equally inept. The whole team is useless and struggling, not helped by firing yet another coach. it also doesn't help Rokocoko is playing on the right wing ([I]which actually makes me hate Rokocoko, that he seems to think he can play well on the right despite scoring all his tries on the left wing[/I]) Gear didn't shine much for Worcester, but he also seemed to get injured and Chris Latham didn't shine much either. Both were two of the best attacking players of the time and yet they didn't shine in dull NH football. It's strange that backs like Ben Blair, Scott Hamilton, Bruce Reihana have been some of the best outside backs in Europe when they've been decidedly average back in the SH. I think they just had skills which better suited the teams (reliability under the high ball, good kicking and good positioning. Seems it is too difficult to play running rugby with most of the teams. If Rokocoko was playing for Clermont, Toulouse, Northampton etc, I have no doubt he'd score more tries and been hailed as brilliant. [/QUOTE]
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