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[2017 Rugby Championship] Round 2: New Zealand v Australia (26/08/2017)
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<blockquote data-quote="The Jones Boy" data-source="post: 871198" data-attributes="member: 70721"><p>The scene was set for a great story because he was no.4 in the pecking order.</p><p>No.4 doesn't exist.</p><p>You generally have an incumbent, and a challenger, then a potential hovering in the background waiting fo a chance to develop.</p><p>N0.4 is largely non existent.</p><p>He wasn't in the squad so he didn't play in any of the lead up games...</p><p>Thats why he was fishing. ;-)</p><p>He thought there was no chance he would be selected.</p><p>Wasn't in the frame at all and then Boom !</p><p></p><p>Comes back to my point about how experience always helps in the end.</p><p>I'm not complaining, he got the job done when all the leading choices were crocked on the field of battle.</p><p>I like him as a player, he just wasn't regular AB starter material.</p><p>History has been kind to him.</p><p>When you look at a player like Fekitoa, well okay it's possible he could have a role in one of the next two RWC's, it's far more likely he will drift away and never attain the chance for rugby immortality through a great story created by a rare sequence of events.</p><p>But if it does, his experience with 20 odd caps will stand him in good stead.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Jones Boy, post: 871198, member: 70721"] The scene was set for a great story because he was no.4 in the pecking order. No.4 doesn't exist. You generally have an incumbent, and a challenger, then a potential hovering in the background waiting fo a chance to develop. N0.4 is largely non existent. He wasn't in the squad so he didn't play in any of the lead up games... Thats why he was fishing. ;-) He thought there was no chance he would be selected. Wasn't in the frame at all and then Boom ! Comes back to my point about how experience always helps in the end. I'm not complaining, he got the job done when all the leading choices were crocked on the field of battle. I like him as a player, he just wasn't regular AB starter material. History has been kind to him. When you look at a player like Fekitoa, well okay it's possible he could have a role in one of the next two RWC's, it's far more likely he will drift away and never attain the chance for rugby immortality through a great story created by a rare sequence of events. But if it does, his experience with 20 odd caps will stand him in good stead. [/QUOTE]
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