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<blockquote data-quote="GimleyUK" data-source="post: 254911"><p><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (An Tarbh @ Mar 31 2009, 05:01 AM) <a href="http://index.php?act=findpost&pid=388264" target="_blank"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div></p><p>nice one taurus, managed not quote a single statistic,</p><p></p><p>i would say that BOD is if anything an even more impressive in defense than attack, and he is the finest attacking center in the Northern hemisphere.</p><p></p><p>but the amount of turn over ball he wins, has been one of the reasons ireland have been so successful for so long.</p><p></p><p>my only criticism of BOD, is that it is reported that he is an arrogant prick of a guy and that is from Irish and Leinster players, let alone some of the things said about him by Welsh players. </p><p></p><p>Not really the kind of qualities you select if you want to form a winning squad within a few weeks.</p><p></p><p>His attitude may well be surpassed in Ireland where he has been a figurehead and a leader in Irish Rugby for the last 10 years, players look up to him, he leads by example and they follow and believe in him as a captain.</p><p></p><p>When you examine leadership on the field, a great rugby captain, and im sure one or two spring to mind, leads not only by example, but also by tactical nowse.</p><p></p><p>As Ryan Jones showed this year you can lead from the front but if you don't turn round and tell Steven Jones to stop kicking and Fxxcking run the ball a bit, you don't win Double Grandslams.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>THat is the difference between good leaders and greats like John Dawes, Willie John McBride and Martin Johnson</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The guy, i know wont be made captain, but i think shows the most likely ability to lead with the kind of intelligence needed to win this series is Alun Wyn Jones.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GimleyUK, post: 254911"] <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (An Tarbh @ Mar 31 2009, 05:01 AM) [url='index.php?act=findpost&pid=388264']<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/url]</div> nice one taurus, managed not quote a single statistic, i would say that BOD is if anything an even more impressive in defense than attack, and he is the finest attacking center in the Northern hemisphere. but the amount of turn over ball he wins, has been one of the reasons ireland have been so successful for so long. my only criticism of BOD, is that it is reported that he is an arrogant prick of a guy and that is from Irish and Leinster players, let alone some of the things said about him by Welsh players. Not really the kind of qualities you select if you want to form a winning squad within a few weeks. His attitude may well be surpassed in Ireland where he has been a figurehead and a leader in Irish Rugby for the last 10 years, players look up to him, he leads by example and they follow and believe in him as a captain. When you examine leadership on the field, a great rugby captain, and im sure one or two spring to mind, leads not only by example, but also by tactical nowse. As Ryan Jones showed this year you can lead from the front but if you don't turn round and tell Steven Jones to stop kicking and Fxxcking run the ball a bit, you don't win Double Grandslams. THat is the difference between good leaders and greats like John Dawes, Willie John McBride and Martin Johnson The guy, i know wont be made captain, but i think shows the most likely ability to lead with the kind of intelligence needed to win this series is Alun Wyn Jones. [/QUOTE]
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