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<blockquote data-quote="TRF Mr Fish" data-source="post: 501115" data-attributes="member: 20892"><p>Few test players for NZ are overhyped at test level - they're usually dropped form the squad pretty quickly if they don't perform (Isaac Ross, for example), because we have so much good back up. In NZ normally the media talks about how poor certain players are, as opposed to how good they are. There ARE players hyped at Super level, but the media usually forgets about them pretty easily if they don't step up etc. It's quite funny about Robinson, because like the author I was very unhappy with the Chiefs signing him, because he's only ever been average at Super and NPC level, yet he's performed fantastically for the Chiefs. This article was written prior to the season starting. </p><p></p><p>The biggest underperformer for NZ lately is probably Toeava - but even he was never really super hyped beyond 2005 or so, everyone just expected him to drop the ball etc., so he was never really hyped up by the media beyond being touted as a player with lots of potential, which undoubtedly he does have. Probably won't ever reach that potential though, which is disappointing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TRF Mr Fish, post: 501115, member: 20892"] Few test players for NZ are overhyped at test level - they're usually dropped form the squad pretty quickly if they don't perform (Isaac Ross, for example), because we have so much good back up. In NZ normally the media talks about how poor certain players are, as opposed to how good they are. There ARE players hyped at Super level, but the media usually forgets about them pretty easily if they don't step up etc. It's quite funny about Robinson, because like the author I was very unhappy with the Chiefs signing him, because he's only ever been average at Super and NPC level, yet he's performed fantastically for the Chiefs. This article was written prior to the season starting. The biggest underperformer for NZ lately is probably Toeava - but even he was never really super hyped beyond 2005 or so, everyone just expected him to drop the ball etc., so he was never really hyped up by the media beyond being touted as a player with lots of potential, which undoubtedly he does have. Probably won't ever reach that potential though, which is disappointing. [/QUOTE]
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