Tadginator
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I want to see who the greatest winger is or was and then learn from what they do. Please say who they play/played for
Gerald Davies
Started off as a centre but moved to the wing.Part of the great Welsh side of the seventies! Played for Cardiff RFC & London Welsh. Didn't tour with the Lions to S Africa in 74 because of his view on apartheid.
Also on a sidenote: Lot of people will say Lomu (he is a great btw) because in reality they have never seen some of the greats of yester year and will always say the game now was tougher and the game was different.
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In re-reading the first post, the guy asked who the best winger of all time was so he could learn from them, so that rules out Lomu as his positioning was very unorthadox and no amount of watching game footage and running similar lines will turn you into a 6'5 120kg monster.
I would probably go with Howlett considering. His workrate and ability to read the game was second to none. Just watch his decision making in deciding when he could come off his wing looking for work without compromising the line, his option taking in support (Run wide for the scoring pass/come close for the offload/ when to cut/ when to forget about recieving the ball and concentrate on securing possesion once the teammate was tackled), and his reading of the attack in deciding when to rush for the spot tackle, and when to trust the inside man.
Defensively i would rate him as the best. He was always in the right spot on d and even though he wasn't too powerful but he could lay on some big hits through technique and precision timing.
Good call on both accounts. If you have any trouble finding footage of Howlett, I'd say a more recent winger which has many of the same attributes would be Enalgnd's Chris Ashton, especially focusing on support play.
No question James O'Connor also the best 10 12 and 15 of all time