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<blockquote data-quote="nickdnz" data-source="post: 741811" data-attributes="member: 38640"><p>Christian Cullen had retired from the All Blacks by the age of 26 with knee injuries.</p><p></p><p>You could possibly argue that they didn't achieve what they could have achieved had injuries/health not affected them - but I think Lomu scoring 15 tries in RWCs, and Cullen scoring 46 tries in 58 tests - means the world pretty much got to see them play to their potential and be considered two of the best players in the history of the game. I don't put them alongside Caucaunibuca as an example - a clearly talented and amazing player who will probably not be remembered as an icon of the game - but rather a cult figure who didn't have a legendary career despite the talent to have one.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nickdnz, post: 741811, member: 38640"] Christian Cullen had retired from the All Blacks by the age of 26 with knee injuries. You could possibly argue that they didn't achieve what they could have achieved had injuries/health not affected them - but I think Lomu scoring 15 tries in RWCs, and Cullen scoring 46 tries in 58 tests - means the world pretty much got to see them play to their potential and be considered two of the best players in the history of the game. I don't put them alongside Caucaunibuca as an example - a clearly talented and amazing player who will probably not be remembered as an icon of the game - but rather a cult figure who didn't have a legendary career despite the talent to have one. [/QUOTE]
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