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Round 8. Lions v Hurricanes
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<blockquote data-quote="THE CHIROPRACTOR101" data-source="post: 107765"><p>it all depends tho..and yes id rather see him on the bench for the blues..then to have our blues play against him..call it a staunch auckland fan stance or what ever...we dont know if hes better then rokocoko or howlett..coz he simply hasnt been tested the way they have and we will only find out when he does get tested in that...david smith has given the npc the big shake up when he debuted..rokocoko simply hasnt fired at that level..yet rokocoko has played top tier games on test level and smith hasnt...he is still young..hopefully he will be given those opportunities...</p><p></p><p>rokocoko was a bolter in 2003 for the all blacks...he played regurly well for the sevens...he was a bench player along with rico gear when the blues had caucau and howlett on the wings..yet he was given limited gametime to play in the blues and showed potential..that very year he became a rugby superstar with the trust of john mitchells selection panel...david smith hasnt been given that..but he can be in that similar situation upon boarding a blues team..even if he sits on the bench...the only thing he has over rokocoko is that he has showed way more potential then joe did at his age</p><p></p><p>simple</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="THE CHIROPRACTOR101, post: 107765"] it all depends tho..and yes id rather see him on the bench for the blues..then to have our blues play against him..call it a staunch auckland fan stance or what ever...we dont know if hes better then rokocoko or howlett..coz he simply hasnt been tested the way they have and we will only find out when he does get tested in that...david smith has given the npc the big shake up when he debuted..rokocoko simply hasnt fired at that level..yet rokocoko has played top tier games on test level and smith hasnt...he is still young..hopefully he will be given those opportunities... rokocoko was a bolter in 2003 for the all blacks...he played regurly well for the sevens...he was a bench player along with rico gear when the blues had caucau and howlett on the wings..yet he was given limited gametime to play in the blues and showed potential..that very year he became a rugby superstar with the trust of john mitchells selection panel...david smith hasnt been given that..but he can be in that similar situation upon boarding a blues team..even if he sits on the bench...the only thing he has over rokocoko is that he has showed way more potential then joe did at his age simple [/QUOTE]
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