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<blockquote data-quote="Helmy" data-source="post: 543691" data-attributes="member: 54698"><p>This exactly. I know there's huge question marks over whether Fruean could foot it in a black jersey, but what it must have said to him when he was in the form of his life and SBW was basically selected on name alone. Similarly, what it must have said to some players in the AB set-up that it was okay for SBW to injure himself skiing and box with an injury, but most likely not for others. I don't know him personally, but from the outside looking in he comes across as someone who thinks he's bigger than the team/sport.</p><p></p><p>SBW didn't leave because Kiwi fans were mean to him, he left because he wanted to return to league. I'm sure you'll get a good idea of the reason for why he is so disliked if you have a look at what some of the NRL players have said in Australia recently. If he truly left because we were nasty to him, then spare me, he's an even bigger twat then I initially thought. On top of that, he was hero worshipped for the majority of his time with the All Blacks, it wasn't until toward the end that people started talking ill of him.</p><p></p><p>He's not the main attraction for NZ rugby, although he might have been if he'd stayed around longer than the RWC.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Helmy, post: 543691, member: 54698"] This exactly. I know there's huge question marks over whether Fruean could foot it in a black jersey, but what it must have said to him when he was in the form of his life and SBW was basically selected on name alone. Similarly, what it must have said to some players in the AB set-up that it was okay for SBW to injure himself skiing and box with an injury, but most likely not for others. I don't know him personally, but from the outside looking in he comes across as someone who thinks he's bigger than the team/sport. SBW didn't leave because Kiwi fans were mean to him, he left because he wanted to return to league. I'm sure you'll get a good idea of the reason for why he is so disliked if you have a look at what some of the NRL players have said in Australia recently. If he truly left because we were nasty to him, then spare me, he's an even bigger twat then I initially thought. On top of that, he was hero worshipped for the majority of his time with the All Blacks, it wasn't until toward the end that people started talking ill of him. He's not the main attraction for NZ rugby, although he might have been if he'd stayed around longer than the RWC. [/QUOTE]
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