Re: Did the All blacks Miss Lomu ?

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> > > > Like I said earlier I was speaking of Wilkinson not Johnson I
> didn't
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> > > > myself clear enough as they where both mentioned in the post but
> I was
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> > > > 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
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> > 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.


Why then didn't the other players who also played in knockout copetitions
not just shine in two games.
Lomu in 95 was the standout player by a long shot and this was in all the ga
mes. Campsese set the field alight also.
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