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Spring Tour:New Zealand vs Ireland - 1st Test. (09/06/2012, 08:35 GMT)
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<blockquote data-quote="Dizzy" data-source="post: 509892" data-attributes="member: 21905"><p>No smartcooky, you must be kidding. Ma'a Nonu has evolved over the years and has become a great distributor, there were times where SBW took the ball up when Nonu would have passed. And if you think Nonu is only a battering ram, you might have to watch a replay of the game vs South Africa where he threw a beautiful pass to the outside to put Dagg in for the game winner. </p><p></p><p>And you are absolutely wrong to suggest I'm on the SBW sucks brigade, I'm actually one of the few holding his banner high for his campaign. But I do believe Nonu would have played better. People have said SBW was well contained because he drew in so many defenders,... Nonu draws in the same amount. Another thing Ma'a has in his favour is his combination with Conrad Smith which I still believe is the best centre pairing we have and that's nothing on Sonny Bill at all it's just the way they compliment each others play. I'm not saying Sonny Bill played bad at all, just that I truly believe Nonu would have provided more for his outsides. </p><p></p><p>You say he made mistakes with the excuse that the way he carries the ball there is a risk of him coughing it up...First of all, In All Black rugby, you don't do things that run high risks. And second, the particular handling error I was referring to was when he was just running with the ball, no contact was made with him at all and he just coughed it up bad.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dizzy, post: 509892, member: 21905"] No smartcooky, you must be kidding. Ma'a Nonu has evolved over the years and has become a great distributor, there were times where SBW took the ball up when Nonu would have passed. And if you think Nonu is only a battering ram, you might have to watch a replay of the game vs South Africa where he threw a beautiful pass to the outside to put Dagg in for the game winner. And you are absolutely wrong to suggest I'm on the SBW sucks brigade, I'm actually one of the few holding his banner high for his campaign. But I do believe Nonu would have played better. People have said SBW was well contained because he drew in so many defenders,... Nonu draws in the same amount. Another thing Ma'a has in his favour is his combination with Conrad Smith which I still believe is the best centre pairing we have and that's nothing on Sonny Bill at all it's just the way they compliment each others play. I'm not saying Sonny Bill played bad at all, just that I truly believe Nonu would have provided more for his outsides. You say he made mistakes with the excuse that the way he carries the ball there is a risk of him coughing it up...First of all, In All Black rugby, you don't do things that run high risks. And second, the particular handling error I was referring to was when he was just running with the ball, no contact was made with him at all and he just coughed it up bad. [/QUOTE]
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