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Who's better? Lomu or Savea?
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<blockquote data-quote="SimonG" data-source="post: 681758" data-attributes="member: 71048"><p>Fair comment regards Carter and Wilkinson...they are supreme at what they do, arguably the two best ever in their position. It's similar with McCaw. </p><p></p><p>However Im really talking about players who have you on the edge of your seat, get the crowd on their feet and get commentators excited with anticipation every time they get the ball in hand. Players blessed with genius. I dont see any in the modern game.</p><p></p><p>Lomu is certainly the greatest in my lifetime. A barely functioning kidney, unable to go flat out in training or on the field of play due to exhaustion, he conserved energy for the explosive moments when he got ball in hand. It's incredible he had any kind of career never mind one that transcended the sport and made him the first, and to date the biggest, global superstar in Rugby. An extraordinary talent that opposing teams would single out in their pre match gameplan, he took the sport to another level. Never before has a swarm defence been deployed on one player anywhere near the extent it was on Lomu, and never before has one player almost singlehandedly won a Rugby world cup on his own. He faced immense opposition that was far greater than today with both France and Australia infinitely better than they are now.</p><p></p><p>Why are their less superstars? As I mentioned the game has become more about being as physically bulked up as possible...it's a brutish war of attrition now (Munster are the epitome of this). The low risk forward dominated tactics stifle creativity further...France being the biggest casualty of this new direction in emphasis. Aussies have turned off the sport in their droves in the last 10 years, they demand attacking running Rugby more than the others (again, I believe seeing the contrast with the NRL close up has a lot to do with this). The others will tolerate anything.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SimonG, post: 681758, member: 71048"] Fair comment regards Carter and Wilkinson...they are supreme at what they do, arguably the two best ever in their position. It's similar with McCaw. However Im really talking about players who have you on the edge of your seat, get the crowd on their feet and get commentators excited with anticipation every time they get the ball in hand. Players blessed with genius. I dont see any in the modern game. Lomu is certainly the greatest in my lifetime. A barely functioning kidney, unable to go flat out in training or on the field of play due to exhaustion, he conserved energy for the explosive moments when he got ball in hand. It's incredible he had any kind of career never mind one that transcended the sport and made him the first, and to date the biggest, global superstar in Rugby. An extraordinary talent that opposing teams would single out in their pre match gameplan, he took the sport to another level. Never before has a swarm defence been deployed on one player anywhere near the extent it was on Lomu, and never before has one player almost singlehandedly won a Rugby world cup on his own. He faced immense opposition that was far greater than today with both France and Australia infinitely better than they are now. Why are their less superstars? As I mentioned the game has become more about being as physically bulked up as possible...it's a brutish war of attrition now (Munster are the epitome of this). The low risk forward dominated tactics stifle creativity further...France being the biggest casualty of this new direction in emphasis. Aussies have turned off the sport in their droves in the last 10 years, they demand attacking running Rugby more than the others (again, I believe seeing the contrast with the NRL close up has a lot to do with this). The others will tolerate anything. [/QUOTE]
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