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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Nickdnz @ Feb 16 2010, 08:11 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>
France can finally lay down the law with a player of that quality. Mind you, he has to do it in Croker next year and Twickenham, and then ... Eden Park 23/10/11.
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Ah yeah you're probably being a bit humble there elgringo. He really showed bod up like ive never seen any opposite number show him up before. Bastareaud is a quality 13 and deserves all the praise he gets for his performance. Biggest threat for his career: that his dysfunctional and slightly disturbing personal dilemmas get in the way of his rugby career.
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Oh for god sakes...Bastareaud has been of high quality now for what? 2 international games? He had a good game, BOD had a bad game. One thing I have to say this forums is terrible at. I've seen topics like "Elsom the most influential player in the world" due to his one very good season at Leinster, or "Brussow the new McCaw" or "Morne Steyn greatest fly half in the world", and yet while they remain good, they certainly get over hyped. Give Bastareaud 3 more years of making an impact before we rate him that highly. Right now I'd put him behind O'Driscol, Conrad Smith and Fourie. I think he's not even as good as Ma'a Nonu when he moves into centre. I could be wrong, and he may be gods gift to rugby, but let him prove it first.
P.S Loved the Umaga comment lol.
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When BOD arrived the quality was there from day one. Basta had a few games for France before this 6N, but you could see the quality against Scotland. I was hoping BOD would teach him some lessons - but it turned out the exact opposite. Obviously he's got different skills to BOD and he's in a good team, but the threat posed is so great that defences will not be able to settle against him, which frees up the attack all over the place. I likes it.
Smith/Fourie/Nonu are minor demons unable to damn the opposition to HELL!
Hehe. You're being humble. Bastareaud (finally got the spelling right) is the only 13 to get the better of BOD, apart from Umaga - and we know how that happened so it doesn't count!
France can finally lay down the law with a player of that quality. Mind you, he has to do it in Croker next year and Twickenham, and then ... Eden Park 23/10/11.
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Ah yeah you're probably being a bit humble there elgringo. He really showed bod up like ive never seen any opposite number show him up before. Bastareaud is a quality 13 and deserves all the praise he gets for his performance. Biggest threat for his career: that his dysfunctional and slightly disturbing personal dilemmas get in the way of his rugby career.
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Oh for god sakes...Bastareaud has been of high quality now for what? 2 international games? He had a good game, BOD had a bad game. One thing I have to say this forums is terrible at. I've seen topics like "Elsom the most influential player in the world" due to his one very good season at Leinster, or "Brussow the new McCaw" or "Morne Steyn greatest fly half in the world", and yet while they remain good, they certainly get over hyped. Give Bastareaud 3 more years of making an impact before we rate him that highly. Right now I'd put him behind O'Driscol, Conrad Smith and Fourie. I think he's not even as good as Ma'a Nonu when he moves into centre. I could be wrong, and he may be gods gift to rugby, but let him prove it first.
P.S Loved the Umaga comment lol.
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When BOD arrived the quality was there from day one. Basta had a few games for France before this 6N, but you could see the quality against Scotland. I was hoping BOD would teach him some lessons - but it turned out the exact opposite. Obviously he's got different skills to BOD and he's in a good team, but the threat posed is so great that defences will not be able to settle against him, which frees up the attack all over the place. I likes it.
Smith/Fourie/Nonu are minor demons unable to damn the opposition to HELL!
