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<blockquote data-quote="Larksea" data-source="post: 546353" data-attributes="member: 43875"><p>Perenara >>>>> Ellis</p><p></p><p>canes forwards are a bit underrated, I personally think May has overtaken Crockett, Eaton has been very good and unlucky not to have received an All Black Recall - although Romano's callup ended up being the right choice. I'm not sure about Lowe, he hasn't been that great for a year or so. Lam is better, bloody good player but he throws himself at the game so hard you can't play him 80min every week and he will have injury breaks - he needs more rest than your average player, some players just throw themselves into the game more than others and though it makes them great they do end up with more injuries, Lam is one of them.</p><p></p><p>It's true the crusaders main problem is Carter and McCaw not having full impact for the crusaders these days, late starts and injury breaks during the season but with Tom Taylor and Matt Todd they have more than able replacelemts - infact these two are still some of the best in their position. Still a lot of class in the team and if Dagg, Fruen, Crotty and Todd fire then they should still be ***le contenders. Overall though while I think the Canes, Blues and Highlanders will definitely be stronger in 2013 I think the Crusaders will basically be the same and the Chiefs will be a bit weaker. It's been well documented that the crusaders had issues with their attacking game last year and they now have a new coaching lineup in order to resolve that, they have also lost their triumvirate of props that they use and rotate so well. Chiefs will mainly be missing this one guy who was the top meter running and offloading midfielder in the competition last year, they will struggle without his 1000+ running meters and 40 off offloads combined with his impeccable work ethic on defense. No one man can replace that, they need 2-3 guys to life their game ~20% to make up for it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Larksea, post: 546353, member: 43875"] Perenara >>>>> Ellis canes forwards are a bit underrated, I personally think May has overtaken Crockett, Eaton has been very good and unlucky not to have received an All Black Recall - although Romano's callup ended up being the right choice. I'm not sure about Lowe, he hasn't been that great for a year or so. Lam is better, bloody good player but he throws himself at the game so hard you can't play him 80min every week and he will have injury breaks - he needs more rest than your average player, some players just throw themselves into the game more than others and though it makes them great they do end up with more injuries, Lam is one of them. It's true the crusaders main problem is Carter and McCaw not having full impact for the crusaders these days, late starts and injury breaks during the season but with Tom Taylor and Matt Todd they have more than able replacelemts - infact these two are still some of the best in their position. Still a lot of class in the team and if Dagg, Fruen, Crotty and Todd fire then they should still be ***le contenders. Overall though while I think the Canes, Blues and Highlanders will definitely be stronger in 2013 I think the Crusaders will basically be the same and the Chiefs will be a bit weaker. It's been well documented that the crusaders had issues with their attacking game last year and they now have a new coaching lineup in order to resolve that, they have also lost their triumvirate of props that they use and rotate so well. Chiefs will mainly be missing this one guy who was the top meter running and offloading midfielder in the competition last year, they will struggle without his 1000+ running meters and 40 off offloads combined with his impeccable work ethic on defense. No one man can replace that, they need 2-3 guys to life their game ~20% to make up for it. [/QUOTE]
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