Re: Did the All blacks Miss Lomu ?

"Ken Higgs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Kangarubicon wrote:
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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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> You said he was the poorest of the lot regarding players in this WC, don't
> weasel off about compared to other players of the tournament.
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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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> Larkham, Campese, Horan, any other Aussies you'd like to throw in their as
well?
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> Hello Sailor?
> Kanga, like it or not, Jonny is the real deal, he has a very good all
round
> game. Look at earlier in the tournament, people were saying he couldn't
tackle!
> At the moment, he's reckoned to be the best player in the world. Larkham
had one
> quite good game against the ABs, so you think he's better!
> I'd say that his performance this WC rests quite easily with other player
of the
> tournament awards.


Larkham wasn't mentioned as a player of the tournament. I used larkham and
Carlos Spencer as line breakers in my comparison. When Mentioning players of
the tournament it has usually come from the winning nation with Lomu's
exception in 95.

When you look over the entire tournament I would rate Johnson has beeing
more consistent and also more diserving than Johhny Wilkinson for this
acolade.