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<blockquote data-quote="Cruz_del_Sur" data-source="post: 1089323" data-attributes="member: 55747"><p>I am not sure. Maybe you're right. </p><p>Just for the sake of an argument: top 5 teams from </p><p></p><p>Top 14</p><p>SR</p><p>Premiership </p><p>URC</p><p></p><p>So 5 teams, 4 competitions, 2 starting centres per team. That's 40 centres. How many of them have BOD's height? Weight? </p><p>Those are reasonably simple questions. Aki (height)? </p><p></p><p>Ringose and Henshaw are what, 10 cm higher (at least) than BOD? Aki is what, 10 kgs heavier at least? </p><p>It's a different game. </p><p></p><p>Is Ringrose better than BOD? If you compare by how much they stood above the competition, each at their time, absolutely not. But if you just got GR and send him back in time to 2007 he'd run circles around most.</p><p></p><p>And yes, i am well aware weight and height are not the only factors, sure. What i am trying to get to is that if 39 out of the 40 (?) current centres are all both taller and heavier than BOD was when he played, well, maybe there's an argument to be made there about how his build would give opposing teams an advantage.</p><p></p><p>Would he give Ringrose a run for his money? Prolly. Would he walk over GR and be the undisputed 13 at Leinster? I don't think so. Again, different eras.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cruz_del_Sur, post: 1089323, member: 55747"] I am not sure. Maybe you're right. Just for the sake of an argument: top 5 teams from Top 14 SR Premiership URC So 5 teams, 4 competitions, 2 starting centres per team. That's 40 centres. How many of them have BOD's height? Weight? Those are reasonably simple questions. Aki (height)? Ringose and Henshaw are what, 10 cm higher (at least) than BOD? Aki is what, 10 kgs heavier at least? It's a different game. Is Ringrose better than BOD? If you compare by how much they stood above the competition, each at their time, absolutely not. But if you just got GR and send him back in time to 2007 he'd run circles around most. And yes, i am well aware weight and height are not the only factors, sure. What i am trying to get to is that if 39 out of the 40 (?) current centres are all both taller and heavier than BOD was when he played, well, maybe there's an argument to be made there about how his build would give opposing teams an advantage. Would he give Ringrose a run for his money? Prolly. Would he walk over GR and be the undisputed 13 at Leinster? I don't think so. Again, different eras. [/QUOTE]
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