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Tri- Nations Talent - New Zealand
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<blockquote data-quote="Darwin" data-source="post: 426657" data-attributes="member: 24910"><p>Well said. To fully appreciate players like Guildford (or Ben Smith), people really need to watch the game live at the ground, as you get a very different perspective on the game. After watching the Carisbrook test at the ground I couldn't understand why people were criticising Guildford, as he was all over the park... people watching on TV wouldn't have seen this, as you only get to see what happens close to the ball. I've heard several people claim that the tries Guildford scored v Australia could be 'scored by anyone'. I agree that the tries would have been scored by most international wings <em>if they had put themselves in the positions Guildford did</em>, however most international wings wouldn't have put themselves in those positions (as you nicely point out)! I often feel that people rate players based entirely on what they do with the ball in hand, ignoring the fact that 99% of the game they don't have the ball in hand; what players do in this 99% of the game can be as important (if not more important) as what they do in the 1% of the game when they have the ball in hand.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Darwin, post: 426657, member: 24910"] Well said. To fully appreciate players like Guildford (or Ben Smith), people really need to watch the game live at the ground, as you get a very different perspective on the game. After watching the Carisbrook test at the ground I couldn't understand why people were criticising Guildford, as he was all over the park... people watching on TV wouldn't have seen this, as you only get to see what happens close to the ball. I've heard several people claim that the tries Guildford scored v Australia could be 'scored by anyone'. I agree that the tries would have been scored by most international wings [I]if they had put themselves in the positions Guildford did[/I], however most international wings wouldn't have put themselves in those positions (as you nicely point out)! I often feel that people rate players based entirely on what they do with the ball in hand, ignoring the fact that 99% of the game they don't have the ball in hand; what players do in this 99% of the game can be as important (if not more important) as what they do in the 1% of the game when they have the ball in hand. [/QUOTE]
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