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Who's better? Lomu or Savea?
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<blockquote data-quote="Zed" data-source="post: 702191" data-attributes="member: 38503"><p>One of the main reasons Lomu did as well as he did was because he was playing at a time when rugby was only just turning professional. I think he debuted for the ABS when rugby was still amateur and a lot of his opposition wings were 40, 45kg lighter than him e.g Tony Underwood. That’s like some of us playing against 11 year old boys. Doesn’t matter how good a tackler you are, when someone is that much heavier than you, plus they’re quick, you are going to struggle to put them down. How would he do in a modern era? I think a healthy Jonah Lomu would be good enough to play S15, but not for the ABs. He had too many shortcomings as a player and would be quickly found out by a switched on opposition in today’s game. Additionally his size, speed and power are no longer unique for an international winger. Players like George North & Savea aren’t much smaller/lighter, so Lomus ability to physically dominate his opposite man would be severely diminished. That said, Lomu played when rugby was much less professional than it ia today, perhaps if he was playing in the modern era and wasn’t sick, all of his shortcomings as a player would be overcome with training and working on his skills etc etc. It’s not rocket science learning how to kick and pass. So perhaps it’s an unfair comparison Lomu vs Savea?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Zed, post: 702191, member: 38503"] One of the main reasons Lomu did as well as he did was because he was playing at a time when rugby was only just turning professional. I think he debuted for the ABS when rugby was still amateur and a lot of his opposition wings were 40, 45kg lighter than him e.g Tony Underwood. That’s like some of us playing against 11 year old boys. Doesn’t matter how good a tackler you are, when someone is that much heavier than you, plus they’re quick, you are going to struggle to put them down. How would he do in a modern era? I think a healthy Jonah Lomu would be good enough to play S15, but not for the ABs. He had too many shortcomings as a player and would be quickly found out by a switched on opposition in today’s game. Additionally his size, speed and power are no longer unique for an international winger. Players like George North & Savea aren’t much smaller/lighter, so Lomus ability to physically dominate his opposite man would be severely diminished. That said, Lomu played when rugby was much less professional than it ia today, perhaps if he was playing in the modern era and wasn’t sick, all of his shortcomings as a player would be overcome with training and working on his skills etc etc. It’s not rocket science learning how to kick and pass. So perhaps it’s an unfair comparison Lomu vs Savea? [/QUOTE]
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