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<blockquote data-quote="dullonien" data-source="post: 392114" data-attributes="member: 13739"><p>I'm not sure. He's a good player no doubt, but from my experience from watching him over the last few years with the Ospreys, he often comes up short in the big matches. When the crunch Heineken Cup matches have come along, he's often been totally anonomous. The game v Saracens stands out, where he was totally outplayed by a one legged Richard Hill (I think). There's simply not much middle ground with the guy, he's either excellent, or annonomous. </p><p> </p><p>There must be a better option in NZ, because I'd honestly say there's quite a few better opensides than him in the Magners League alone, although on his day he's up there with the best. The fact that a youngster in Tipuric has looked better than Hollah for the majority of this season doesn't look good either, maybe it's because Hollah's winding down at the O's ready to move back to NZ, or maybe it's because he's just not the player he once was, I'm not sure.</p><p> </p><p>He's never been a player that I wished was eligible to play for Wales, in the same way as I have with Rush or King on occasion. Saying all that, I'm not all that clued up about the quality of opensides NZ have behind McCaw, so maybe Hollah would still be a viable option.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dullonien, post: 392114, member: 13739"] I'm not sure. He's a good player no doubt, but from my experience from watching him over the last few years with the Ospreys, he often comes up short in the big matches. When the crunch Heineken Cup matches have come along, he's often been totally anonomous. The game v Saracens stands out, where he was totally outplayed by a one legged Richard Hill (I think). There's simply not much middle ground with the guy, he's either excellent, or annonomous. There must be a better option in NZ, because I'd honestly say there's quite a few better opensides than him in the Magners League alone, although on his day he's up there with the best. The fact that a youngster in Tipuric has looked better than Hollah for the majority of this season doesn't look good either, maybe it's because Hollah's winding down at the O's ready to move back to NZ, or maybe it's because he's just not the player he once was, I'm not sure. He's never been a player that I wished was eligible to play for Wales, in the same way as I have with Rush or King on occasion. Saying all that, I'm not all that clued up about the quality of opensides NZ have behind McCaw, so maybe Hollah would still be a viable option. [/QUOTE]
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