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Has been given a chance like Toeava? He get's a game, then the whole team changes the next week and is left out. OK, if you want to be pedantic, he has been in the mix since 2003 but hasn't been used as much as he should have. Toeava has 15 caps already, Nonu has 14, see my point bud? What has Toeava displayed apart from nerves and shoddy ball skills to warrant more caps than Nonu, who you pointed out has had a decent amount of time in the All Blacks.
You also say when it comes to the All Blacks, Nonu doesn't perform how he does in the S14. Tell me, how is Toeava any different?
I like Toeava, and he is the future in the All Blacks midfield, but I'd still like to see Nonu given more of a chance.
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Actually according to the Rugby Museum, Nonu has 18 caps while Toeava has only 15. And that pretty much proves my point. Over 4 years, Nonu has only been able to get 18 caps. He has been involved in the national set-up for 4 years, yet can you say honestly he's improved his game? Same wrecking-machine with ball in hand, but still the same brain explosions and Mr. Turnover as well.
There's a reason he hasn't been used that much, and that's because he can't deliver at international level. After Umaga retired, the #13 was Nonu's for the taking, after being groomed as his successor. But he didn't step up.
I never defended Toeava in my post, so I don't know why you're going off at me about Toeava for. But I'll gladly still defend him
What you say about him is true though, in that he hasn't had a good start for the All Blacks, at times looking like he's caught in a pair of headlights. But that was more in 2006. He was much more assured in 2007, and did a decent job in the Tri-nations marking up against Mortlock. Even now, Toeava's main assets which he has over Nonu is his ability to make gaps or put his outsides into them, and to know when to offload and when to keep it. Toeava is a natural at it, while Nonu hasn't been able to learn after all this time.
In the respective stages of their careers, (considering Toeava only made his S14 debut in 2006), Toeava has already accomplished more rugbywise and careerwise.
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