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<blockquote data-quote="nickdnz" data-source="post: 400819" data-attributes="member: 38640"><p>Neemia Tialata isn&#039;t a great prop, as ranger and I have said consistantly, but it&#039;s no because of his scrummaging. The big problem with him has always been that he is 135kgs and hits the line like a kitten with hemophilia. His scrummaging will be fine. The remarks about Hayman just stinks of pure arrogance. Other than Toulouse (who&#039;s best two scrummagers in the last decade have to be Omar Hasan and Census Johnson) there are few teams that have a noticeably great scrum. Hayman had 49 test caps in which he was generally rated as the best scrummager in the world and dominated most international scrums. He was also brilliant for Newcastle. What are you suggesting, France has got such good second rows that international standard props aren&#039;t good enough? Why does this not seem to translate in international level? (2009 France got dicked in the scrum) and why if the local talent is so great, do clubs pay such big money for overseas talent?</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="nickdnz, post: 400819, member: 38640"] Neemia Tialata isn't a great prop, as ranger and I have said consistantly, but it's no because of his scrummaging. The big problem with him has always been that he is 135kgs and hits the line like a kitten with hemophilia. His scrummaging will be fine. The remarks about Hayman just stinks of pure arrogance. Other than Toulouse (who's best two scrummagers in the last decade have to be Omar Hasan and Census Johnson) there are few teams that have a noticeably great scrum. Hayman had 49 test caps in which he was generally rated as the best scrummager in the world and dominated most international scrums. He was also brilliant for Newcastle. What are you suggesting, France has got such good second rows that international standard props aren't good enough? Why does this not seem to translate in international level? (2009 France got dicked in the scrum) and why if the local talent is so great, do clubs pay such big money for overseas talent? [/QUOTE]

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