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<blockquote data-quote="Larksea" data-source="post: 725996" data-attributes="member: 43875"><p>Ben Smith did get a nomination and I think he only missed out on winning IRB player of the year because he had a couple of quiet games when he switched to 13 to cover Conrad Smith's sabbatical. Once he adjusted he was superb at 13 but it did take him a couple of games to adjust.</p><p></p><p>I've been saying it for a long time now, the two best players in the NZ game year in year out used to be Carter & McCaw, but the last ~three years it's been Ben Smith and Brodie Retalick.</p><p></p><p>In other news, just to make the halfback equation even more confusing. Pulu had an absolute barn stormer with the first start he's had in a while.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Larksea, post: 725996, member: 43875"] Ben Smith did get a nomination and I think he only missed out on winning IRB player of the year because he had a couple of quiet games when he switched to 13 to cover Conrad Smith's sabbatical. Once he adjusted he was superb at 13 but it did take him a couple of games to adjust. I've been saying it for a long time now, the two best players in the NZ game year in year out used to be Carter & McCaw, but the last ~three years it's been Ben Smith and Brodie Retalick. In other news, just to make the halfback equation even more confusing. Pulu had an absolute barn stormer with the first start he's had in a while. [/QUOTE]
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