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Rocky Elsom: "the most influential player in the game today."
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<blockquote data-quote="monkeypigeon" data-source="post: 264360"><p><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (wairarapa_cullen @ May 27 2009, 01:04 PM) <a href="http://index.php?act=findpost&pid=397762" target="_blank"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div></p><p></p><p>Wait....list them?</p><p></p><p>Luke McAllister never really set my world on fire. He was good but hasn't been anywhere near Rocky Elsom good.</p><p>Dougie Howlett has been great for Munster but I don't think anyone's being ******** themselves.</p><p>Jerry Collins...eh no.</p><p>We had Nick Williams in Munster since Christmas and he was utter cack in my oppinion.</p><p>Carlos Spencer please god take the cocky loser back.</p><p>Chris Jack has been very good. But no better than he ever seemed in SH rugby.</p><p></p><p>Brock James (focking awesome) and Paul Warwick are examples of players who's been fantastic in the NH in the last couple of seasons. Though in fairness I get the impression with Paul that's because he was just arseing around in Australia rather than concentrating on rugby. Nick Evans has been excellent too but was he not rated highly in the SH aswell?</p><p></p><p>CJ van der Linde was good for Leinster but in his absence no huge change was noticed when Cian Healy walked in.</p><p></p><p>I just want to see a list of your playes that you'd consider mediocre that 'stood out' in Europe.</p><p>[/b]</p></blockquote><p></p><p>Lifiemi Mafi - <em>Yes</em></p><p><em></em>Rua Tipoki <em>- Kinda</em></p><p>Paul ***o - <em>Never had anywhere near a Rocky effect</em></p><p>Filo Tiatia - <em>Never had anywhere near a Rocky effect</em></p><p>Xavier Rush - <em>Kinda</em></p><p>Scott Hamilton -<em> Nothing more than solid</em></p><p>Andrew Blowers <em>- Average player and a cack team, of course he looks good.</em></p><p><em></em>Riki Flutey <em>- Yes</em></p><p>Joe Maddock <em>- Nothing more than solid</em></p><p></p><p>Thats all I can think of for now.</p><p>[/b][/quote]</p><p></p><p>But if you take Mafi and to a degree Flutey they've come to Europe and developed as players here and I have no doubt that if Mafi or Flutey went back to Super 14.5 they'd have more of an influence there than they did before. I think Rush and Tipoki have something along the lines of a stableing influence more than anything else.</p><p></p><p>Brock James I think is the best example of a player with a Rocky like effect on his team.</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="monkeypigeon, post: 264360"] <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (wairarapa_cullen @ May 27 2009, 01:04 PM) [url='index.php?act=findpost&pid=397762']<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/url]</div> Wait....list them? Luke McAllister never really set my world on fire. He was good but hasn't been anywhere near Rocky Elsom good. Dougie Howlett has been great for Munster but I don't think anyone's being ******** themselves. Jerry Collins...eh no. We had Nick Williams in Munster since Christmas and he was utter cack in my oppinion. Carlos Spencer please god take the cocky loser back. Chris Jack has been very good. But no better than he ever seemed in SH rugby. Brock James (focking awesome) and Paul Warwick are examples of players who's been fantastic in the NH in the last couple of seasons. Though in fairness I get the impression with Paul that's because he was just arseing around in Australia rather than concentrating on rugby. Nick Evans has been excellent too but was he not rated highly in the SH aswell? CJ van der Linde was good for Leinster but in his absence no huge change was noticed when Cian Healy walked in. I just want to see a list of your playes that you'd consider mediocre that 'stood out' in Europe. [/b][/quote] Lifiemi Mafi - [i]Yes [/i]Rua Tipoki [i]- Kinda[/i] Paul ***o - [i]Never had anywhere near a Rocky effect[/i] Filo Tiatia - [i]Never had anywhere near a Rocky effect[/i] Xavier Rush - [i]Kinda[/i] Scott Hamilton -[i] Nothing more than solid[/i] Andrew Blowers [i]- Average player and a cack team, of course he looks good. [/i]Riki Flutey[i] [/i][i]- Yes[/i] Joe Maddock [i]- Nothing more than solid[/i] Thats all I can think of for now. [/b][/quote] But if you take Mafi and to a degree Flutey they've come to Europe and developed as players here and I have no doubt that if Mafi or Flutey went back to Super 14.5 they'd have more of an influence there than they did before. I think Rush and Tipoki have something along the lines of a stableing influence more than anything else. Brock James I think is the best example of a player with a Rocky like effect on his team. [/QUOTE]
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