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<blockquote data-quote="Ripper" data-source="post: 186125"><p>especially as he smoked 60 a day apparently. Would still pick Cullen ahead of him though in terms of timeless legendary full backs.</p><p>[/b]</p></blockquote><p>Cullen was a great attacking fullback but what did he achieve at the world cup on the biggest stage of all. Also Blanco was consistently brilliant for a much longer period. [/b][/quote]</p><p></p><p>He only played in one World Cup, and was shunted out of position. If he had gotten a chance to play fullback he would've shone in that backline.</p><p>[/b][/quote]</p><p>I dont disagree that Cullen was an awesome fullback but I think history has judged Blanco as the greatest attacking fullback of all time. Ever see his lenght of the field try against Australia? [/b][/quote]</p><p></p><p>Cullen did those every second week before he ripped his knee and baldy-locks was put in charge.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>That's just hindsight - at that time Umaga was still two years away from switching to centre and was still a wing first and foremost. We were screwed either way when in 1998 we preety much had to blow the whole team up and start from scratch 18 months out from the World Cup.</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="Ripper, post: 186125"] especially as he smoked 60 a day apparently. Would still pick Cullen ahead of him though in terms of timeless legendary full backs. [/b][/quote] Cullen was a great attacking fullback but what did he achieve at the world cup on the biggest stage of all. Also Blanco was consistently brilliant for a much longer period. [/b][/quote] He only played in one World Cup, and was shunted out of position. If he had gotten a chance to play fullback he would've shone in that backline. [/b][/quote] I dont disagree that Cullen was an awesome fullback but I think history has judged Blanco as the greatest attacking fullback of all time. Ever see his lenght of the field try against Australia? [/b][/quote] Cullen did those every second week before he ripped his knee and baldy-locks was put in charge. That's just hindsight - at that time Umaga was still two years away from switching to centre and was still a wing first and foremost. We were screwed either way when in 1998 we preety much had to blow the whole team up and start from scratch 18 months out from the World Cup. [/QUOTE]
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