Re: Did the All blacks Miss Lomu ?

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> > "Kangarubicon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > > Like I said earlier I was speaking of Wilkinson not Johnson I
didn't
> make
> > > myself clear enough as they where both mentioned in the post but
I was
> not
> > > specific on which individual I was speaking of.
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> > Ah, you were talking about Jonny Wilkinson being "the poorest of
the lot
> ",
> > eh ?  That would be Jonny "Players' and IRB player of the year"
Wilkinson,
> > then ?
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> That's right. Yes IRB player of the year and I don't think his all
round
> game is as good as people make out. Unarguably he is a match winner
simply
> due to his kicking game. He certainly isn't a line breaker such as
Carlos
> Spencer or Larkham. If you rate him with previous world cup players
of the
> tournament I'd say he is the poorest of the lot.
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> That's my opinion you may not agree. He certainly isn't up there
with
> individual efforts in the tournament such as Lomu or Campese and I'd
have to
> say that Horan also had a better all round individual effort also.
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I don't agree, and tbh I doubt if anybody else does either, Scebe
aside.....
Don't forget, and I'm guessing a bit, but you've probably only see him
play in a knockout competition, where you hold back, hold back, until
you have to give it some welly. He did. That's why he's the biz.