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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="Darwin" data-source="post: 510081" data-attributes="member: 24910"><p>It is strange isn't it. Like you, I can understand people not liking him for his lack of commitment / perceived persona, but I really don't understand how people could watch him play and question his rugby playing ability. The problem may be that he is incredibly over-hyped by much of the media: he is not as good as some of the hype suggests (though he is improving), but he is still a world class rugby player in my opinion.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>You really though SBW had 'ok' games against these teams? You obviously have a very different standard for judging rugby players than me. I (and many other rugby pundits - see <a href="http://tvnz.co.nz/all-blacks/v-scotland-player-ratings-3895633" target="_blank">here</a>, <a href="http://tvnz.co.nz/all-blacks/v-springboks-player-ratings-4358308" target="_blank">here</a>, and <a href="http://tvnz.co.nz/all-blacks/v-canada-player-ratings-4430826" target="_blank">here</a>) thought he was outstanding in these games. And since when has South Africa been a 'second tier' team? Who are the 'serious teams' that he hasn't showed the same skills against? I'm not sure what 'opening game versus South Africa' you are referring too, as he played very well in the two tests against South Africa last year. No-one is evenly remotely claiming SBW "won the rugby world cup for us". He had very little impact in the RWC as Nonu (rightly) dominated the AB's 12 jersey during the RWC playoffs, and I do agree SBW made a complete dick of himself versus Australia.</p><p></p><p>It is clear you don't like SBW for reasons other than his rugby playing abilities, so there isn't really any point further debating his abilities as a rugby player......</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Darwin, post: 510081, member: 24910"] It is strange isn't it. Like you, I can understand people not liking him for his lack of commitment / perceived persona, but I really don't understand how people could watch him play and question his rugby playing ability. The problem may be that he is incredibly over-hyped by much of the media: he is not as good as some of the hype suggests (though he is improving), but he is still a world class rugby player in my opinion. You really though SBW had 'ok' games against these teams? You obviously have a very different standard for judging rugby players than me. I (and many other rugby pundits - see [URL="http://tvnz.co.nz/all-blacks/v-scotland-player-ratings-3895633"]here[/URL], [URL="http://tvnz.co.nz/all-blacks/v-springboks-player-ratings-4358308"]here[/URL], and [URL="http://tvnz.co.nz/all-blacks/v-canada-player-ratings-4430826"]here[/URL]) thought he was outstanding in these games. And since when has South Africa been a 'second tier' team? Who are the 'serious teams' that he hasn't showed the same skills against? I'm not sure what 'opening game versus South Africa' you are referring too, as he played very well in the two tests against South Africa last year. No-one is evenly remotely claiming SBW "won the rugby world cup for us". He had very little impact in the RWC as Nonu (rightly) dominated the AB's 12 jersey during the RWC playoffs, and I do agree SBW made a complete dick of himself versus Australia. It is clear you don't like SBW for reasons other than his rugby playing abilities, so there isn't really any point further debating his abilities as a rugby player...... [/QUOTE]
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