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2024 Guinness Six Nations
No 8 of the 6N. Hairy Donkey?
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<blockquote data-quote="gingergenius" data-source="post: 304294"><p>Number 8s who have a real impact on big international games and have done so consistently:</p><p></p><p>Imanol Harinordoquy, France</p><p>Jamie Heaslip, Ireland</p><p>Sergio Parisse, Italy</p><p>Pierre Spies, South Africa.</p><p></p><p>Kieran Ried plays 8 for the All Blacks, and is nowhere near as good as these guys. So'oialo was, but he was out of form in 2009. Brown and Palu don't get close for Australia. Ryan Jones I've always thought as overrated, and Beattie looks useful but not world class. Same with Easter. And I'm thinking of islanders... Tuilagi, Hala'ufia, Koyamaibole etc. who are all good players but again, not world class.</p><p></p><p>Which leaves, possibly, JM Fernandez and Rocky Elsom as possibilities. But since Elsom spends most of his life at 6 and I haven't seen Fernandez play for ages, neither make the list.</p><p></p><p>And that list, I'd say, is fairly even. They're all world class in their own way. Spies is ridiculously quick, Harinordoquy has insane handling skills, Heaslip is stacked and Parisse drops goals... and all of them are wonderful all-round athletes. Let's leave it at that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gingergenius, post: 304294"] Number 8s who have a real impact on big international games and have done so consistently: Imanol Harinordoquy, France Jamie Heaslip, Ireland Sergio Parisse, Italy Pierre Spies, South Africa. Kieran Ried plays 8 for the All Blacks, and is nowhere near as good as these guys. So'oialo was, but he was out of form in 2009. Brown and Palu don't get close for Australia. Ryan Jones I've always thought as overrated, and Beattie looks useful but not world class. Same with Easter. And I'm thinking of islanders... Tuilagi, Hala'ufia, Koyamaibole etc. who are all good players but again, not world class. Which leaves, possibly, JM Fernandez and Rocky Elsom as possibilities. But since Elsom spends most of his life at 6 and I haven't seen Fernandez play for ages, neither make the list. And that list, I'd say, is fairly even. They're all world class in their own way. Spies is ridiculously quick, Harinordoquy has insane handling skills, Heaslip is stacked and Parisse drops goals... and all of them are wonderful all-round athletes. Let's leave it at that. [/QUOTE]
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